The Age of Oak - 9th April 2025
Lot 414
A DOCUMENTED PEWTER QUART MUG
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £479
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Description
A DOCUMENTED PEWTER QUART MUG
LONDON, C.1720
touchmark of James Hitchman, London (fl.1701-35) to base, a crowned ‘WR’ verification mark to left of tongued thumbrest handle, which has a hooded ball terminal, the tapered body with raised low band and engraved ‘Stackhouse at ye Kings head Martin Bridge’, extensive nature's gilding
39.2 fl oz. 16cm high
Provenance
The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.
Formerly in the Sandy Law Collection Phillips 25th September 1997, lot 116. Reputedly excavated froim a canal, hence nature’s gilding
Literature
Carl Ricketts, ‘Early English Pewter Drinking Mugs’, no #117.