An 18th century Irish provincial silver cream jug Stephen Mackrill, Cork, circa 1759, stamped with maker's mark SM over another punch and stamped STERLING

The Peter Ticher Collection of Irish Silver Part Two
An 18th century Irish provincial silver cream jug
Stephen Mackrill, Cork, circa 1759, stamped with maker's mark SM over another punch and stamped STERLING
Helmet shaped, the shaped wavy rim with high lip, scroll handle, with applied girdle, on three plain elongated feet with 'protruding toe' and capped with female masks, engraved in script below girdle 'Isit Kennedy Feb: 27: 1759' also crested above girdle, height 5.5cm, weight 5.5oz.