£1,500 - £2,000
Wool Guild, Norwich : A rare and fine George II pewter double domed-lidded straight-sided and engraved tankard, dated 1747
The top of the lid engraved STUDY UNITY, the drum finely engraved with the arms of the Wool Guild of Norwich, above a narrow fillet, atop the inscription Prosperity Attend The Woollen Manufacturer 1747, with chair back thumbpiece, hollow handle with hooded ball terminal, hallmarks to rim and touchmark to base of William Eddon, London, (fl.1690-1747), (PS3067), 40.2 fl.oz., height 18cm
Provenance: Former Christopher Peal Collection. Sold Sothebys, London, 13 November 1980, Lot 26
Illustrated: C. A. Peal British Pewter (1971), colour plate 11 and on the front cover of the revised 1983 edition
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