The Age of Oak - 9th April 2025
Lot 398
A DOCUMENTED PINT MUG
Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £189
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Description
A DOCUMENTED PINT MUG
LONDON, C.1740
touchmark of William Eddon, London, (fl.1690-1747) in the base, with hallmarks below the rim to the right of the handle, the tapering plain body has a large armorial engraved to front, later verified ‘VR110’ (Leicester Borough) mark, with large punched ‘PINT’ capacity stamp, the tongued thumbpiece handle with a fishtail terminal
20.6 fl oz. 11.8cm high
Provenance
The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.
Formerly in the Cyril Minchin and Sandy Law Collections.
Literature
Illustrated P. Hornsby, ‘Pewter of the Western World’ (1983), fig, 948, and in the ‘Journal of the Pewter Society’, Autumn 1979. Carl Ricketts, ‘Early English Pewter Drinking Mugs’, no #140.