Elkington & Co. Victorian Aesthetic Movement mug presented to Edwin Booth
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Birmingham, United Kingdom, 1881
silver parcel-gilt
4 h × 4 w × 2⅞ d in (10 × 10 × 7 cm)
Mug features a flowering passionfruit vine. Impressed manufacturer's mark underside '15843 Elkington & Co' with maker's mark and English hallmarks to rim. Engraved to body 'Edwin Booth from A Few Friends Birmingham 1882'. 6.169 ozt. Sold with original fitted presentation case.
Provenance: Presented to American actor Edwin Booth (1833-1893) in 1882 | Collection of Joel and Carole Bernstein
Condition: Excellent condition.
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Caption Brief:
Birmingham, United Kingdom, 1881
silver parcel-gilt
4 h × 4 w × 2⅞ d in (10 × 10 × 7 cm)
Mug features a flowering passionfruit vine. Impressed manufacturer's mark underside '15843 Elkington & Co' with maker's mark and English hallmarks to rim. Engraved to body 'Edwin Booth from A Few Friends Birmingham 1882'. 6.169 ozt. Sold with original fitted presentation case.
Provenance: Presented to American actor Edwin Booth (1833-1893) in 1882 | Collection of Joel and Carole Bernstein
Condition: Excellent condition.
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