A PEWTER IMPERIAL HALF-GALLON HAYSTACK MEASURE

A PEWTER IMPERIAL HALF-GALLON HAYSTACK MEASURE

IRISH, C.1830

mark of Joseph Austen and Son, Cork, (fl.c.1823-46) under the base, with their crowned X struck separately, ‘½ GALLON’ label to upper body front, but no verification marks suggesting this was never used in trade

25.1cm high

Provenance

The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.

Formerly in the Thomas D & Constance R Williams Collection, Litchfield CT.