A DOCUMENTED PEWTER QUART TULIP SHAPED MUG

A DOCUMENTED PEWTER QUART TULIP SHAPED MUG

YORK, C.1720

touchmark of Arthur Wharton, York, (fl.1684-c1740) inside the base, the body with mid raised band, almost identical to another by John Harrison, York, including having a pair of fine incised lines just below the rim, the bold handle with a tongued thumbrest and a variant of the hooded ball thumbpiece

39.1 fl oz. 16cm high

Provenance

The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.

Formerly in the Sandy Law Collection Phillips 25th September 1997, lot 400.

Literature

Carl Ricketts, ‘Early English Pewter Drinking Mugs’, no #213.