A DOCUMENTED PEWTER OEAS HALF-PINT TRUNCATED CONE MUG

A DOCUMENTED PEWTER OEAS HALF-PINT TRUNCATED CONE MUG

PROBABLY PENRITH, C.1700

touchmark of ‘LS’, probably Lancelot Smith, Penrith (fl.1662-1707) inside the base, ownership initials ‘AP’ to right of handle, which has a central pelleted ridge and unusual rectangular terminal, fine band to upper body below rim and low fillet

10.1 fl oz., 9.9cm high

Provenance

The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.

Formerly Prescott Clark Collection, Boston MA, (#314)

Literature

Carl Ricketts, ‘Early English Pewter Drinking Mugs’, no #109.