A small Elizabethan I silver mug,

A small Elizabethan I silver mug,
probably by John Bottomley, London 1598,
tapering circular form, with a simple engraved foliate scroll band, scroll handle, the underside with an old museum loan number, height 5.5cm, approx. weight 1.7oz.

Provenance: A Private Collection.
Listed in collection inventory as purchased 'ex R.W.M Walker Collection, no. 188', 17 July 1945.
For maker's mark see Mitchell, D., Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London, Their Lives and Marks, The Boydell Press, 2017, page 342.