An extremely rare gadrooned ale mug of pint capacity, circa 1705
Truncated cone body, crowned AR verification mark to rim, band of lenticular beading above diagonal convex gadrooning rising from left to right, beading to lower body, hollow S-shaped handle with boot-heel terminal, unidentified touchmark inside base, capacity 18.5 fl.oz., height 13.5cm
Sold for
£4,375
inc. premium
Footnotes
- The lenticular and gadroon decoration with the addition of bead decoration as found here is a particularly rare feature.
Literature: Peter Hornsby, Pewter of the Western World 1600-1850, p.279, pl. 942, illustrates a comparable example in the Collection of The Worshipful Company of Pewterers, London.
Compare with lots 74 and 79.
Category: Decorative Arts / Pewter
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