A SCARCE PEWTER HALF-GILL 'BALL AND BAR' BALUSTER MEASURE

A SCARCE PEWTER HALF-GILL 'BALL AND BAR' BALUSTER MEASURE

ENGLISH, C.1700-50

the flat lid with a single incised line to the edge and a pair to the centre, the body with a pair of incised lines, the strap handle with a vestigial strut, the terminal with rounded edges, the bud thumbpiece is unduly large and may have come from a mould for a slighter larger gill measure

capacity 1.6 fl.oz 8.3cm high

Provenance

The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.