A good pewter unlidded pot-bellied measure, Aberdeen or Inverness, circa 1700


Scots Ale Standard Mutchkin capacity, the body of typical form - a flared collar, slender neck, bulbous belly and gently in-curved 'foot' - the simple curved handle with a 'boot-heel' terminal, typically unmarked, 16.5 fl.oz, 13.2cm high
|Provenance:Young CollectionCarter CollectionWith Peter HornsbyDavid Little CollectionSold Christie's, 'The Little Collection', London, 1 May 2007, Lot 128Exhibited:'British Pewter 1600-1850', The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, 1974 [no. 62]