The Age of Oak - 9th April 2025
Lot 450
A PEWTER HALF-MUTCHKIN BALL AND BAR BALUSTER MEASURE
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1008
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Description
A PEWTER HALF-MUTCHKIN BALL AND BAR BALUSTER MEASURE
WIGAN, C.1720
touchmark of Thomas Letherbarrow I, Wigan, (fl.1720-30, (PS898) struck centrally to lid, the early, slim body with three pairs of incised lines and one around collar, the slightly domed lid with a V-shaped locating flange, the 'S'-shaped handle with lower strut attachment
7.5 fl.oz. 13.1cm high
Provenance
The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.
Formerly in the Henry Smith Sotheby’s 25th October 1971 and John Douglas Collections Bonhams 19th April 2021, lot 118.
Literature
Discussed ‘Journal of the Pewter Society’, Vol. 19, Autumn 2003, p. 45.