A half-pint two-band tavern mug, circa 1690
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A rare half-pint two-band tavern mug, circa 1690
The truncated cone body with two fillets and simple lip, centre of body engraved with the monogram W A flanked by stylized leaves, S-curve handle with boot-heel terminal, height 9.1cm
Sold for £3,125 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance: Purchased Robin Bellamy, 1979.

    Literature: Illustrated Journal of the Pewter Society, Vol. 7, No. 3, Spring 1990, p. 99, (group photograph bottom left).

Category: Decorative Arts / Pewter

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