America Without Reserve: The Wolf Family Collection
America Without Reserve: The Wolf Family Collection
A Pewter Quart Mug, John Skinner (1733–1813), Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1763-1807
No reserve
Lot Closed
April 24, 04:22 PM GMT
Estimate
200 - 300 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Pewter Quart Mug
John Skinner (1733–1813)
Boston, Massachusetts
circa 1763-1807
with linen-pressed maker's mark on interior bottom; the underside with accession number W517 and inscribed label
5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm.) high
Christie's, New York, Fine American Furniture Silver and Decorative Arts, April 11, 1981, sale 5263, lot 94
Wolf Family Collection No. 0517 (acquired from the above)
Wolf Family Collection No. 0517 (acquired from the above)
For illustration of a similar mug, see Charles F. Montgomery, A History of American Pewter, New York, 1973, no. 6-5, p. 107