A rare George I pewter tavern pot, quart capacity, circa 1720


The truncated cone body with a single high fillet, simple lip and multi-reeded foot, the hollow S-curve handle with fish-tail terminal, worn maker's mark under base, probably 'RC', [PS 2194, M1268], capacity 38.75 fl.oz., height 16cm
|Provenance:Ronald F. Michaelis CollectionC. Josse Johnson CollectionMichael Boorer CollectionSold Bonhams, 17 January 2013, Lot 20Literature:Illustrated in Ronald F. Michaelis, British Pewter (1969), p. 55, top rightExhibited:'Exhibition of Pewter in the Usher Gallery Lincoln', 29 September - 27 October 1962, [no. 194] 'Exhibition of British Pewterware', Reading Museum and Art Gallery, 20 September - 31 October 1969, [no. 152]