The Age of Oak - 9th April 2025
Lot 359
A RARE PEWTER 1/40 IMPERIAL GALLON SCOTS CONICAL LIDLESS MEASURE
Estimate £200 - £300
Inc. Buyers Premium
Description
A RARE PEWTER 1/40 IMPERIAL GALLON SCOTS CONICAL LIDLESS MEASURE
SCOTTISH
no maker's or verification marks, however, a capacity label ‘1/40 I.G’ indicates this is a pre-Imperial capacity expressed in terms of Imperial Standard, a pair of concentric lines incised centrally inside the base, the body has a pair of incised lines below the rim
4 fl oz. 8cm high
Provenance
The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.
Formerly in the Stuart Myler Collection, Glasgow.
Catalogue Note
Only one other smaller sized version of this type of measure, verified for Rothesay; Isle of Bute is recorded, formerly in the John Douglas collection (sold Bonhams 19.4.2021, lot 135).