AN UNRECORDED PEWTER LIDLESS MEASURE

AN UNRECORDED PEWTER LIDLESS MEASURE

PROBABLY 17TH CENTURY

of ovoid form, maker's mark ‘WB’ (?) to right of handle, and crowned ‘HB’ verification mark to left, the tall cylindrical neck with multi-banding, the strap handle equally unusual with a ribbed outer surface

capacity 15 fl.oz. 15.6cm high

Provenance

The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.

Literature

For a measure with similar multi-banded neck, a so-called 'gorge' measure, see the Neish Collection, Stirling, catalogue p. 91, no. 931b