A FINE JAMES I PEWTER ROSEWATER DISH, the raised centre with the Royal coat of arms and initials and the text HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE, remnants of enamel, the underside of the rim stamped with the Edinburgh hallmark stamped 1600 above a cross flanked by I R, 17th Century

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A FINE JAMES I PEWTER ROSEWATER DISH, the raised centre with the Royal coat of arms and initials and the text HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE, remnants of enamel, the underside of the rim stamped with the Edinburgh hallmark stamped 1600 above a cross flanked by I R, 17th Century
45.2 cm diam.

Literature

Herschel Cotterbell, Howard. Old Pewter Its Makers and Marks in England, Scotland and Ireland, Rutland, Vermont: Charles. E. Tuttle Company, page 121 plate c and for a similar dish and the Edinburgh Touchplate nr. 11 for the hallmark

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