A RARE PEWTER HALF-MUTCHKIN 'U-SHAPED' AND TWO-BANDED MUG

A RARE PEWTER HALF-MUTCHKIN 'U-SHAPED' AND TWO-BANDED MUG

SCOTTISH, C.1790-1800

possibly by Thomas Neil, Edinburgh, the body has three pairs of incised lines, the upper and lower pairs being close together, and the mid-body pair wider spaced with decorative hatching between them which is an unusual decorative effect, the double curved handle has a fishtail terminal

7.7 fl.oz., 9.2cm high

Provenance

The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.

Formerly in the Michael Boorer Collection.

Catalogue Note

Possibly a unique survivor of a body form that is neither a barrel nor a true 'U-shape’.