A PEWTER HALF-MUTCHKIN MUG

A PEWTER HALF-MUTCHKIN MUG

EDINBURGH, 1825

mark of Adam Ramage, Edinburgh, (fl.1824-1860) inside the base, the body form is possibly a unique survivor as it appears to be a section from a tappit hen, with mid-body incised lines, the tongued thumbrest handle with simple flattened lower attachment point

7.7 fl oz. 6.6cm high

Provenance

The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.

Literature

Illustrated and discussed, ‘The Journal of the Pewter Society’, Autumn 1989, p.59. fig. 3.