The Age of Oak - 9th April 2025
Lot 401
A DOCUMENTED PEWTER QUART TULIP SHAPED MUG
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £567
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Description
A DOCUMENTED PEWTER QUART TULIP SHAPED MUG
YORK, C.1720
touchmark of Arthur Wharton, York, (fl.1684-c1740) inside the base, the body with mid raised band, almost identical to another by John Harrison, York, including having a pair of fine incised lines just below the rim, the bold handle with a tongued thumbrest and a variant of the hooded ball thumbpiece
39.1 fl oz. 16cm high
Provenance
The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.
Formerly in the Sandy Law Collection Phillips 25th September 1997, lot 400.
Literature
Carl Ricketts, ‘Early English Pewter Drinking Mugs’, no #213.