Stock No. 3007	George II sterling silver Newcastle pint mug
	Handsome and simple George II sterling silver straight-sided pint mug. Newcastle 1753 by Isaac Cookson. The mug has a plain, tapering, cylindrical body on a moulded rim foot and banding at the rim. The s-scroll handle has contemporary engraving of the initials "W" above "I * E" just below the thumb piece. The maker's mark is struck very clearly half way down the handle. The lower part of the handle is soldered onto the body on an applied oval plate to give the handle added support. The full set of Newcastle hallmarks are struck on the base of the mug and are good and clear.
	Maker :- Isaac Cookson

Condition :-Very good condition with clear hallmarks on the base and a pleasing patina
Hallmarked :- Newcastle 1753
Size :-	4.4 inches (11.2 cm) high 3.2 inches (8.13 cm) diameter at rim 4.00 inches (10.2 cm) diameter at base
Weight :- 9.34 ozt (290.6 g)
The last year that silver was assayed at Newcastle was 1883 and Newcastle silver is now very collectable. Silver mugs were popular drinking vessels for alcoholic beverages from the late seventeenth to the late eighteenth century. By the early nineteenth century it was becoming increasingly fashionable to give silver mugs as christening presents.

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