The Age of Oak - 9th April 2025
Lot 443
A VERY RARE '43RD REGIMENT OF FOOT' (MONTGOMERYSHIRE) PEWTER CASTER
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £252
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Description
A VERY RARE '43RD REGIMENT OF FOOT' (MONTGOMERYSHIRE) PEWTER CASTER
C.1780
with an applied plaque engraved with a crown over '43 and a bugle
15.4cm high
Provenance
The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.
Catalogue Note
Regimental pewter castors are rare. For a similar example wee the V&A Museum, London, acc. No. M.889-1926 and P/ Hornsby, ‘Pewter of the Western World’ (1983), fig. 436, formerly in the Ken Gordon Collection.