Lot Essay
Peter Hornsby described this and the previous two lots as 'The only set I know' in a letter to David Little
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CIRCA 1700
Details
A SCOTTISH LIDLESS PEWTER PINT MEASURE
CIRCA 1700
Of 'Pot-Bellied' form, with six incised lines to lip and neck, and the initials 'I.W.' to handle, 62.5 fl.oz capacity
8½in. (21.6cm.)
CIRCA 1700
Of 'Pot-Bellied' form, with six incised lines to lip and neck, and the initials 'I.W.' to handle, 62.5 fl.oz capacity
8½in. (21.6cm.)
Provenance
Young and Carter collections.
Purchased from Robin Bellamy.
Purchased from Robin Bellamy.
Literature
Hornsby, Pewter of the Western World, p.225
Hornsby, Pewter, Copper and Brass, p.87.
Hornsby, Pewter, Copper and Brass, p.87.
Exhibited
Currier Gallery of Art and at the University of New Hampshire.
Special notice
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