THREE PEWTER HAYSTACK MEASURES - IMPERIAL HALF-PINT TO IMPERIAL HALF-NOGGIN

THREE PEWTER HAYSTACK MEASURES - IMPERIAL HALF-PINT TO IMPERIAL HALF-NOGGIN

IRISH, C.1830-90

to include two by Joseph Austen & Son, Cork, (fl. c.1823-46), a third by Munster Iron Co., (fl. cc1870-1901), all with maker’s marks under the base, a noggin with six verification marks to the rim, capacity labels: a curved ‘1 NOGGIN’ above a prick engraved ‘1 GILL’, and a curved ‘1 HALF NOGGIN’ (3)

12.4cm high (max)

Provenance

The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.

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