£1,000
Derbyshire Interest - a George III silver mounted willow-bound treen tankard, hinged cover carved wiith leaves, the rim inscribed The Gift of Francis Mundy Esq to His Friend Peregine Bertie Esq 1776, crested, 18.5cm high, c.1776
Heraldry - Crest of Bertie.
Francis Noel Clarke Mundy of Markeaton Hall, near Derby (1739-1815) better known to his friends (who included Erasmus Darwin, Anna Seward (‘The Swan of Lichfield’) and John Whitehurst, was a Whig, anti-slavery campaigner, amateur poet (author of ‘Needwood Forest’) and socialite. Peregrine Bertie (1709-1779) of Lincoln’s Inn was an active barrister and a member of an ancient east midland family, and Mundy had been at Lincoln’s Inn under his tutelage as a young man in the 1760s. Bertie had married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Payne of Tottenham Wick, Wilts. and their son, Albemarle Bertie later (in 1809) succeeded a cousin as 9th Earl of Lindsey.
Generally good condition
Stable hairline to top of handle and a couple of staves parting slightly but no splits or damage, please see photographs
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