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commemorative / commemorateAn interesting 20th century copper goblet with silver mounted foot, rim
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commemorative / commemorate
An interesting 20th century copper goblet with silver mounted foot, rim and circular escutcheon moulded in relief with the arms of the Kit-Kat Club dated 1703, the body engraved ‘Ranelagh’, 132mm * The celebrated publisher and bookseller Jacob Tonson is credited with founding the Kit-Cat Club in the early 18th century. With Whig beliefs and literary associations it initially met in Shire Lane moving to the Strand and most recently at Barn Elms, Tonson’s home near Barnes. The Ranelagh Club also convened at Barnes Elms between 1883 and 1939.
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commemorative / commemorate
An interesting 20th century copper goblet with silver mounted foot, rim and circular escutcheon moulded in relief with the arms of the Kit-Kat Club dated 1703, the body engraved ‘Ranelagh’, 132mm * The celebrated publisher and bookseller Jacob Tonson is credited with founding the Kit-Cat Club in the early 18th century. With Whig beliefs and literary associations it initially met in Shire Lane moving to the Strand and most recently at Barn Elms, Tonson’s home near Barnes. The Ranelagh Club also convened at Barnes Elms between 1883 and 1939.
Commemoratives, Fairings, Staffordshire Pot Lids and Prattware
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Kennetholme
Midgham
Reading
Berkshire
RG7 5UX
United Kingdom
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