A RARE PEWTER GILL LIDLESS BALUSTER MEASURE
A RARE PEWTER GILL LIDLESS BALUSTER MEASURE
WIGAN, C.1790
typically unmarked, of the rarer, tall and slimmer form, with hollow ‘C’ handle, pointed thumbrest and stump terminal, a single incised line to the rim and two pairs to the body, the capacity appears based on a wine pint (OEWS), or a 15 fl.oz. 'pint'
9.2cm high
Provenance
The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.