The Age of Oak - 9th April 2025
Lot 365
A PAIR OF LARGE PEWTER CHALICES
Estimate £300 - £400
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Description
A PAIR OF LARGE PEWTER CHALICES
SCOTTISH, C.1790
of typical Scottish form and of heavy construction, with ‘V-shaped’ bowls and blade knops (see P. Spencer Davies ‘Scottish Pewter’, p.148-53) (2)
29 fl oz capacity, 22.3cm high
Provenance
The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.
Literature
See P. Hornsby, ‘Pewter of The Western World', p. 92, fig. 184, for an identical example, and another in the Richardson collection (#135).