A PEWTER QUART BUD BALUSTER MEASURE WITH RARE CROWNED 'HR' VERIFICATION MARK

A PEWTER QUART BUD BALUSTER MEASURE WITH RARE CROWNED 'HR' VERIFICATION MARK

LONDON, C.1685-1732

John Smith (PS8486), London, mark to the right, along with a crowned ‘HR’ verification to the left of the solid ‘C’ handle with plain terminal, ownership initials ‘MM’ at the top of the handle, the flat lid with an inner and outer incised line with no locating ring to the underside, the plain body has two pairs of incised lines

capacity 35.4 fl.oz. 21.4cm high

Provenance

The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.

Formerly in the Christopher Bangs Collection.

Catalogue Note

This measure is the only recorded example by John Smith with the City of London verification mark (crowned HR) with a vertical sword between the letters.

Literature

For more information about known 'HR' baluster measures see Journal of the Pewter Society, 'Crowned hR/HR Verification Marks', D. Moulson, Spring 2008, p.5-11, in which this measure is shown and described.

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