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A DOCUMENTED PEWTER PINT TWO NARROW BAND MUG
£1,000 - £1,500
A DOCUMENTED PEWTER PINT TWO NARROW BAND MUG
POSSIBLY PENRITH, C.1705
touchmark of ‘WC’ inside the base, possibly William Cookson of Penrith, however, if a possible Queen Anne verification mark to right of handle is correct it is more likely to be by William Cowley, London (fl.1663-1723), the tapered body with two narrow bands, cut-card decoration behind the thumbrest, and a spade terminal
21.1 fl oz., 14cm high
Provenance
The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.
Formerly in the Michael Finlay Collection
Literature
Carl Ricketts, ‘Early English Pewter Drinking Mugs’, no #39.