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This silver mug was made by the Glasgow silversmiths Milne and Campbell around 1770.

The mug is engraved on the front with a boar's head crest and the Latin motto which translates as 'The way is made by force'.

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• Online ID: 000-100-001-144-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEQ 1465
• Date: Around 1770
  c. 1770
  
• Material: Silver. Inscription: M & C; [the elements of the arms of Glasgow, in a circular punch]; C [in a square punch]; on front: a boar's head / FIT.VIA.VI; on underside of base: I.C. [script]
  
• Dimensions: 86 mm H x 103 mm W (across handles); base 66 mm D
  
• What:
• Subject: Gold and silver (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: Campbell
  Milne and Campbell, Glasgow (Silversmith)
  
• Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow
  
• Event:
• Description: One of a pair of small silver mugs with baluster-shaped sides, by Milne and Campbell, Glasgow, c. 1770, engraved with a boar's head crest and motto "Fit via vi" on the front
  
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