The Age of Oak - 9th April 2025
Lot 428
A PEWTER IMPERIAL HALF-GALLON HAYSTACK MEASURE
Estimate £200 - £300
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Description
A PEWTER IMPERIAL HALF-GALLON HAYSTACK MEASURE
IRISH, C.1830
crowned ‘X” of Joseph Austen and Son, Cork, (c.1823-46 ) under base, ‘½ GALLON’ label to upper body front and two verification marks to the inside of the rim, unusually, the verifications are for Glasgow: one a City of Glasgow 'tree' mark, the other the later crowned ‘VR’ over ‘36’
25.2cm high
Provenance
The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.
Formerly Bryan Darby Collection