Of rounded circular form with a spreading foot, twin C scroll handles with an applied girdle. One handle engraved to the thumbpiece with contemporaneous initials C over I G in Roman script. Fully marked underneath. Height - 11.4 cm / 4.5 inches Weight – 375 grams / 12.06 oztNotes:Apprenticed to Francis Batty II for seven years from the 1st October 1720, for a fee of £35, admitted free of the town 2nd May 1728. He took on eight apprentices including John Goodrick and John Langlands, each had worked for Cookson as a journeyman and formed a business partnership together between 1754-1757. He was warden of the company twelve times. He lived at the premises owned by Francis Batty II on the Side in Newcastle. He was “a Tradesman of considerable Note, and of unblemished Reputation. He was a person of strict Integrity and Honour; of peaceable and inoffensive Temper and Conduct; of Great Sobriety and Temperence; and of a very benevolent, generous Disposition.” (The Newcastle Courant 24 Aug 1754) A twin handled cup of 1747 by Cookson sold these rooms, 21 June 2023, Lot 417 (£1000 incl. prem)