A George II silver beer jug, Lewis Pantin, London, 1735

wide baluster form, engraved with slightly later arms and supporters

Sotheby's London, June 4, 1998, lot 225

minor dings and creases to body, engraving with typical wear, otherwise good
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The arms are those of Devereux, 10th Viscount Hereford, born 1694, high sheriff of Brecon 1719-20, M.P. for co. Montgomery 1719-40, and his second wife Eleanor Price Devereux of Rhiwlas, co. Marioneth, whom he married 30 July, 1740. He died without issue in 1748, and she in 1763.