George III silver wine jug by Thomas Heming sold for £15,000 at Tennants.
The George III silver wine jug sold by Tennants in Leyburn in March is the exact pair to another the auction house offered on behalf of a different vendor two years ago.
Both 11in (28cm), 36oz pieces, with marks for Thomas Heming, London, 1765, have a common previous owner in Major General Henry Aylmer (1813-1904), although it appears they became separated more than a century ago when inherited by his two sons.