A SCARCE PEWTER QUARTER-GILL TAPPIT HEN

A SCARCE PEWTER QUARTER-GILL TAPPIT HEN

SCOTTISH

with low dome-lid having a plain central raised medallion and an erect solid bar thumbpiece, no maker's mark, although probably made in Glasgow as there is it has a Glasgow post-1880 verification mark to the rim, with ‘¼ Gill’ engraved below, and crowned X inside the base, handle has a three-part hinge, a short vestigial strut at lower attachment, and a rounded chisel shaped terminal, three incised lines to the foot, a single line to the mid-body and a pair to the neck

1¼ fl. oz. capacity, 7.5cm high

Provenance

The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.

Formerly in the Bryan Darby Collection.