A DOCUMENTED PINT MUG

A DOCUMENTED PINT MUG

LONDON, C.1740

touchmark of William Eddon, London, (fl.1690-1747) in the base, with hallmarks below the rim to the right of the handle, the tapering plain body has a large armorial engraved to front, later verified ‘VR110’ (Leicester Borough) mark, with large punched ‘PINT’ capacity stamp, the tongued thumbpiece handle with a fishtail terminal

20.6 fl oz. 11.8cm high

Provenance

The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.

Formerly in the Cyril Minchin and Sandy Law Collections.

Literature

Illustrated P. Hornsby, ‘Pewter of the Western World’ (1983), fig, 948, and in the ‘Journal of the Pewter Society’, Autumn 1979. Carl Ricketts, ‘Early English Pewter Drinking Mugs’, no #140.