A George II sterling silver half-pint mug, London circa 1750 maker and date obscured

Of plain baluster form upon a spreading foot, the leaf capped double C scroll handle. Engraved to the front with a contemporaneous crest of a saracen's head, couped at the breast, ducally crowned, below an Earl’s coronet. Marked to the rim.

Height – 10.5 cm / 4.15 inches

Weight – 224 grams / 7.2 ozt

The crest is for Bertie, as borne by The Earls of Abingdon (est. 1682)

Probably for Willoughby Bertie, 3rd Earl of Abingdon (1692 – 1760), who inherited the earldom upon the death of his uncle Montagu Venables-Bertie, 2nd Earl of Abingdon. (1673-1743).