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A Silver Mug

George Walker I, 1771–1772

Silver made by the Walker family is much rarer than that of the other Chester families of goldsmiths, the Richardsons, Pembertons and Lowes. The mug is of the balluster type developed in the early years of George I and popularised in London by such silversmiths as Paul de Lamerie. Many London-made mugs of this pattern have survived but few provincial examples were hitherto known.

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Title of artwork, date

A Silver Mug, 1771–1772

Date supported

1983

Medium and material

Parcel-gilt silver

Dimensions

9 cm

Grant

125

Total cost

500

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