A DOCUMENTED PEWTER THREE WINE GILLS TULIP MUG

A DOCUMENTED PEWTER THREE WINE GILLS TULIP MUG

BRISTOL, C.1780

touchmark of Robert Bush I, Bristol, (fl.1755-1800) inside the base below a large ‘X’, the tulip body with a raised band, with ownership engraved monogram to front surrounded by flecks, the tongued thumbrest handle has a wide ball terminal

12½ fl oz., 10.5cm high

Provenance

The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.

Formerly in the Arthur Muir Collection

Literature

Carl Ricketts, ‘Early English Pewter Drinking Mugs’, no #220