A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVELY DECORATED PEWTER STRAINER DISH
£400 - £600
A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVELY DECORATED PEWTER STRAINER DISH
LONDON, C.1740
the 15¾ inch circular fish or strainer plate with a single reed on one side and is one of the largest examples of its type, several marks of Henry Little, London, (fl. c.1734-64), (PS5909) to front, including touchmark, hallmarks and label, the decorative piercing features alternating hearts and lozenges, with a central six-pointed star, the holes drilled and finished so all those on one side have wider openings to facilitate drainage
40cm diameter
Provenance
The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.
Formerly in the Bryan Darby Collection.
Literature
Illustrated ‘Journal of the Pewter Society’, Spring 2008, p.17.