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).