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New addition to my 18th century English silver collection
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You might recall I acquired a sterling silver pint mug made by London silversmith Thomas Payne in 1774, and asked the board for help in determining about what a pint of ale would have cost in the American colonies. I believe the consensus was tuppence, give or take:
This week #2 in the collection made her way to me all the way from Gloucestershire. She's an unusually large pint-and-a-half mug from London silversmith John Scofield, hallmarked 1775. I thought you guys might dig it, too:
I christened her with a 25 ounce dark smoky English porter inspired by the type George Washington was fond of:
This week #2 in the collection made her way to me all the way from Gloucestershire. She's an unusually large pint-and-a-half mug from London silversmith John Scofield, hallmarked 1775. I thought you guys might dig it, too:
I christened her with a 25 ounce dark smoky English porter inspired by the type George Washington was fond of:
We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
--Severian the Lame
--Severian the Lame
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<< <i>That you would drink from such a pretentious mug while we are still in a world wide recession with half the planet starving and no access to clean water let alone you drinking some yuppy beer is beyond me, what's next riding a sperm whale while shooting polar bears?
LOL @ BigMark.
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I have thought about posting a few steins here just for fun... I suppose that will remain on the list of things to do
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