A VERY RARE PEWTER QUART MUG

A VERY RARE PEWTER QUART MUG

POSSIBLY YORK, C.1730

unidentified maker mark ‘IH’ (possibly John Harrison of York) inside base, the tulip-shaped body with a mid-raised band almost identical to another by Arthur Wharton 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, marked under the foot rim with ownership triad ‘G’ over ‘IK'

38.2 fl oz. 15.8cm high

Provenance

The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.

Literature

Carl Ricketts, ‘Early English Pewter Drinking Mugs’, no #212.