The Age of Oak - 9th April 2025

Lot 390

A PEWTER ALE PINT MUG

Estimate £800 - £1,200

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Description

A PEWTER ALE PINT MUG

PENRITH, C.1740

touchmark of Abraham Crawley, Penrith, (fl.1720-60) inside the base, and repeated below a crowned ‘X’ to left of handle, the tulip-shaped body with mid-raised band, the bold handle with a variant of a cut card thumbrest, and spade terminal

20¾ fl oz. 13.1cm high

Provenance

The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.

Literature

Purchased after Carl Ricketts’s book on Early English Pewter Drinking Mugs was published