A DOCUMENTED PEWTER WINE PINT MUG

A DOCUMENTED PEWTER WINE PINT MUG

BRISTOL, C.1780

mark of Robert Bush I, Bristol (fl.1755-1800) inside the base, the tapered body with raised low band, a rare 'WINE' capacity label with dividing sword from the City of Bath to the right of the tongued thumbpiece handle with an engraved '2' and a ball terminal, ownership initials ‘JC’ over ‘White Hart Union Street’ to front

11.3cm high

Provenance

The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.

Literature

Carl Ricketts, ‘Early English Pewter Drinking Mugs’, no #136.