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Antique English Pewter Half Pint Ale Mug
£80 eachAntique English Pewter Half Pint Ale Mug
An early 19th Century pewter Ale Mug with broad banding and turned rim with a 'broken' style handle and thumb-piece all on a heavy ogee moulded base. The Pewterers marks indicate an early date and long use with a Victorian Standard Measure of 1879 super-added to a pre-existing and already antiquated Pre-Imperial William III Ale-Standard (pre 1820's) as well as a George IV mark of 1826. The Capacity Mark of 1836 indicates a true Half-Pint measure.£80 each -
Swedish Birds (Svenska fåglar, efter naturen och på sten ritade)
Swedish Birds (Svenska fåglar, efter naturen och på sten ritade)
Magnus von Wright started out as a taxidermist in the 1820's, he stuffed birds for Societas pro Flora et Fauna Fennica, the oldest scientific society in Finland, and in 1845, became taxidermist a the university's zoological museum. Von Wright; though a skilful taxidermist, his reputation like that of his two brothers, Wilhelm and Ferdinand, rests on his skill as a zoological illustrator. The first edition of Svenska fåglar, efter naturen och på sten ritade, appeared between 1828 and 1837 and in 1859 he published the first handbook on Finnish birds. These chromolithographs are from the second edition Svenska fåglar, efter naturen och på sten ritade, published c1920 and printed by A. Bortzells, Stockholm. 'Tetrao Urogallus'.