A PEWTER ALE QUART DOME LID TAPERED BODY TANKARD
£1,000 - £1,500
A PEWTER ALE QUART DOME LID TAPERED BODY TANKARD
LONDON, C.1740
touchmark of Richard King I, London, (fl.1714-57) inside the base, the lid with locating ring, and a triad of ownership initials ‘M over ES’ under the dome, solid chairback thumbpiece, and three-part hinge with a brass pin, the 'C'-curve handle with a tongue and pip thumbrest, and with substantial hooded ball terminal, the tapered body with narrow cast low fillet, and simple reeded base
40.1 fl oz. 18cm high
Provenance
The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.
Formerly in the Mrs Clark Princeton, NJ, John F. Ruckman, Doylestown, PA and 'Bud' Swain Collections.