A George I Irish silver mug

William Bell, Dublin 1717,

William Bell, Dublin 1717,
Tapering sides with double scroll handle, later engraved crest to front over a previous script engraving for JOHNSTON family, underside with scratch weight '7=15=12', gilded interior, height 11.7cm, weight 7.4oz.

The crest was used by a number of JOHNSTON families in Ireland in the period from the late seventeenth century. Notably the family of JOHNSTON from Holly Park, Co. Down from whom many later JOHNSTON family lines in Ireland are descended.

Looking at the ghosted script below the crest you can make out 'John Johnson(e)'.

Provenance
The Kurt Ticher Collection