The Age of Oak - 9th April 2025
Lot 427
A PAIR OF PEWTER HALF-PINT BEAKERS
Estimate £80 - £120 | Hammer £151
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Description
A PAIR OF PEWTER HALF-PINT BEAKERS
IRISH, C.1780
no maker’s mark, however with a distinctive crowned ‘X’ as used by William Hodges, Dublin (fl.1765-90) struck in the base, along with punched ownership in the Dublin style: ‘M * MORAN’ over ‘L’ (for Laois?), of distinctively Irish form with an outward curving rim below which is a band of fine gadrooning (2)
10.2 fl oz. 9cm high (max)
Provenance
The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.
County Laois, Eire.
Literature
D. Hall, ‘Types of Irish Pewter’, fig 18.