Furniture & Works of Art - 21st September 2010

Lot 192

A pewter two handled cup

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £6000

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Description

A pewter two handled cup, c.1700, with a part gadrooned body and a pair of part bead scroll handles with bird's head terminals, the body with 'hallmarks' of 'G above a fleur-de-lys', 3.75in (9.5cm) h. See Peter Hornsby, Pewter of the Western World, p.293, fig.999 and Cotterall p.101. fig e. for identical handles. Provenance: Richard Mundey, London.