The Age of Oak - 9th April 2025

Lot 415

A DOCUMENTED PEWTER QUART 'DROOPY' MUG

Estimate £300 - £400

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Description

A DOCUMENTED PEWTER QUART 'DROOPY' MUG

PROBABLY BRISTOL, C.1720-40

unknown maker, illegible verification mark and ownership triad of crowned initials ‘T’ over ‘IS’ to the left of handle, the plain droopy body with a tongued thumbrest and large wide ball terminal

39.8 fl oz. 16.8cm high

Provenance

The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.

Formerly in the R. Homer Collection, Bonhams 14th May 2009, lot 712.

Literature

Carl Ricketts, ‘Early English Pewter Drinking Mugs’, no #169.