Jug
Benjamin Smith
Category
Silver
Date
1815
Materials
Silver beer jug and cover.
Measurements
230 x 215 x 160 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 516533
Summary
Silver beer jug and cover, on fluted foot, globular body with sprays of hops and the reeded handle terminating in barley ears, the lid with a berry or hop finial. Engraved with a crest of a dragon's head. George III by Benjamin Smith 1815. Hallmarked on underside of lid and on rim of base.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Makers and roles
Benjamin Smith