A rare Pre-Imperial Irish haystack measure of Irish gallon capacity
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Irish Measures: Lots 66 - 73
A rare pre-Imperial Irish haystack measure of Irish-gallon capacity
Plain body, touchmarks and hallmarks to underside of Joseph Austen (w.1791-1845), (OP 152, PS 9), capacity 126 fl.oz., height 29cm
Sold for £1,250 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance: Sotheby's, December 1975, lot 69, (£400). The Sandy Law Collection, Phillips, Chester, September 1997, lot 387.

    Literature: Illustrated The Journal of the Pewter Society, April 1976.

Category: Decorative Arts / Pewter

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