Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVELY DECORATED PEWTER STRAINER DISH

LONDON, C.1740

the 15¾ inch circular fish or strainer plate with a single reed on one side and is one of the largest examples of its type, several marks of Henry Little, London, (fl. c.1734-64), (PS5909) to front, including touchmark, hallmarks and label, the decorative piercing features alternating hearts and lozenges, with a central six-pointed star, the holes drilled and finished so all those on one side have wider openings to facilitate drainage

40cm diameter

Provenance

The Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.

Formerly in the Bryan Darby Collection.

Literature

Illustrated ‘Journal of the Pewter Society’, Spring 2008, p.17.