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| MARTIN CHARLTON, Success TO COAL TRADE FERRY HILL |
£750 Reserved |
A rare and interesting creamware tankard made for Martin Charlton and toasting the Coal Trade, Ferry Hill 1824.
Although Martin is recorded as a coal miner, it is unlikely he was underground and that this mug was made to commemorate the start of a new shaft in ferry Hill started in 1824.
Martin Charlton was born in 1805, in Ferryhill, Durham the child of Martin & Ellan. He lived in Tudhoe having married Elizabeth he had two sons and two daughters.
Crack down the side of handle restored. |
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