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A DOCUMENTED PEWTER QUART 'DROOPY' MUG
£300 - £400
A DOCUMENTED PEWTER QUART 'DROOPY' MUG
PROBABLY BRISTOL, C.1720-40
unknown maker, illegible verification mark and ownership triad of crowned initials ‘T’ over ‘IS’ to the left of handle, the plain droopy body with a tongued thumbrest and large wide ball terminal
39.8 fl oz. 16.8cm high
Provenance
The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.
Formerly in the R. Homer Collection, Bonhams 14th May 2009, lot 712.
Literature
Carl Ricketts, ‘Early English Pewter Drinking Mugs’, no #169.