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This silver hot water jug, dated 1892, was made by R. & W. Sorley in Glasgow. It is part of a four piece tea set consisting of a teapot, a hot water jug, a sugar bowl and a milk jug. All the items in the set are fashioned in the shape of a thistle head.

The thistle theme is carried throughout the design of the hot water jug. The knob on the lid is in the shape of a thistle head. The jug handle has a thistle complete with stem, attached to the surface.

Domestic silverware was a matter of taste and status. The fashionable silversmiths of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen produced a wide range of goods, affordable only by the reasonably well-off.

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• Online ID: 000-100-001-227-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEQ 1607 B
• Date: 1892
  
• Material: Silver. Inscription: On body: RS / WS [in 4-lobed punch]; tree, bell, fish [and] bird; lion rampant; V; on base: SORLEY / SILVERSMITHS / GLASGOW
  Jug, hot water
  
• Dimensions: 176 mm H x 140 mm L x 115 mm body D
  
• What: Jug, hot water
  
• Subject: Gold and silver (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: R. and W. Sorley, Glasgow (Silversmith)
  
• Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow
  
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• Description: Silver hot water jug by R. and W. Sorley, Glasgow, 1892, part of a four piece thistle-shaped tea-set
  
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