Description

A charming little early antique silver sparrow beak jug with a compact body and wire rimmed foot. Good plain style and lovely patina. To the front is a hand engraved crest of a stag.

Weight 88 grams, 2.9 troy oz.
Height 8.5cm to top of handle. Spread 7.9cm across the top.
London 1729.
Maker Thomas Rush.
Sterling silver.

Marks. Stamped with a full set of English silver hallmarks marks underneath.

Literature: Milk and cream were not commonly taken in tea and coffee until the early eighteenth century. The earliest form of milk jug was introduced during the Queen Anne period and was shaped like a coffee pot with a hinged lid. By the 1720’s there were smaller cream jugs without lids.

The little silver jug is in very good condition. Shows moderate signs of wear commensurate with age.

Maker: Thomas Rush

Thomas Rush, London goldsmith, apprenticed to Joseph Clare 1715, free 1722. 1st mark entered as largeworker 1724. 2nd mark 1731, 3rd mark 1739.

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