Dated 1707, in the days of the great Marlborough.
Some mugs have the precept, “Obeay the King,” while others bear the superscription, “Come let us drink to the pious memory of Good Queen Anne.” One or two utter the toast, “God Save King George.” A Gossip’s Bowl, dated 1726, has the couplet—
“I drink to you with all my hart,
Mery met and mery part.”
Another old mug, doubtless sent as a present, has the words—
“As a ring is round
And hath no end,
So is my love
Unto my friend.”