A rare and fine mid-16th century pewter dish, English, circa...

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£2,600

A rare and fine mid-16th century pewter dish, English, circa 1550

The plain rim with triangular beaded edge to the underside, and stamped to the front with a 'rowel and spur' mark, flanked by the blackletters ‘W’ and ‘M’ (?), gentle booge and prominent boss, traces of nature’s gilding, diameter 25.9cm

Provenance:  Former R.F. Michaelis Collection. Sold Sotheby’s, London, 12 November 1973, Lot 110 (£200), and bought by Peter Hornsby

Illustrated: R. F. Michaelis, ‘Antique Pewter of the British Isles’, p. 11, fig. 19, and P. Hornsby, ‘Pewter of the Western World 1600-1850’, p.310, pl.306

Exhibited: Usher Gallery, Lincoln, 1962 (no.237)