A DOCUMENTED PEWTER QUART MUG

A DOCUMENTED PEWTER QUART MUG

LONDON, C.1720

touchmark of James Hitchman, London (fl.1701-35) to base, a crowned ‘WR’ verification mark to left of tongued thumbrest handle, which has a hooded ball terminal, the tapered body with raised low band and engraved ‘Stackhouse at ye Kings head Martin Bridge’, extensive nature's gilding

39.2 fl oz. 16cm high

Provenance

The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.

Formerly in the Sandy Law Collection Phillips 25th September 1997, lot 116. Reputedly excavated froim a canal, hence nature’s gilding

Literature

Carl Ricketts, ‘Early English Pewter Drinking Mugs’, no #117.