The Age of Oak - 9th April 2025
Lot 429
A PEWTER IMPERIAL HALF-GALLON HAYSTACK MEASURE
Estimate £400 - £600
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Description
A PEWTER IMPERIAL HALF-GALLON HAYSTACK MEASURE
IRISH, C.1830
mark of Joseph Austen and Son, Cork, (fl.c.1823-46) under the base, with their crowned X struck separately, ‘½ GALLON’ label to upper body front, but no verification marks suggesting this was never used in trade
25.1cm high
Provenance
The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.
Formerly in the Thomas D & Constance R Williams Collection, Litchfield CT.