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Item: Child's Mug Description: Waisted with scroll handle and gilt interior: Engraved with inscription relating to Sir Joseph Paxton London 1853 by D&C Houle Dimensions: 92mm tall; 97mm diameter at base; 203g weight Comments: A superb quality child's mug in fine condition with the added bonus of a historically interesting engraved inscription: "To J.F. St. BARBE FROM HIS GODFATHER Sir Joseph Paxton Dec 20th 1854". Paxton would have bought this mug to celebrate the Christening of his Godson. The mug has a lovely solid weight with floral engraved dimples around the centre and a scroll border to the skirt. The gilding to the inside is entirely original and the whole has a beautiful colour. Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-65) took the prestigious position of Head Gardener at Chatsworth House (home to the Duke of Devonshire and one of the finest landscape gardens of the time)) at the age of twenty. Whilst at Chatsworth he developed an interest in glass houses that would ultimately lead him to fame. He most well known design was that of The Crystal Palace used for the Great Exhibition in 1851. Plenty more information about Paxton can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Paxton
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