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Antique Early Metalware 18thc Pewter Flat Lidded Pre-imperial Half Gill Spirit Measure. English C1720-30.
Mark Seabrook Antiques
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Antique Early Metalware 18thc Pewter Flat Lidded Pre-imperial Half Gill Spirit Measure. English C1720-30.

18th century
Description

A fine early English 18thc "baluster" shape spirit measure with "bud" type thumb piece, flat lid and shaped tapered handle....it is decorated with incised double ring turn decoration on the lid and on the body....it has an unidentifiable mark....see last picture....in very good condition for its age and domestic use.

English. C1720-30.

Physical Dimensions
Height
10.7cm (4.21")
Width
4.8cm (1.89")
Depth
4.8cm (1.89")
Declaration

Mark Seabrook Antiques has dated this Antique Pewter Spirit Measure to the 18th Century.

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SA1225065
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MS 8465
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Description
A fine early English 18thc "baluster" shape spirit measure with "bud" type thumb piece, flat lid and shaped tapered handle....it is decorated with incised double ring turn decoration on the lid and on the body....it has an unidentifiable mark....see last picture....in very good condition for its age and domestic use.

English. C1720-30.

Height
10.7cm (4.21")
Width
4.8cm (1.89")
Depth
4.8cm (1.89")
Date of Manufacture

Mark Seabrook Antiques has dated this Antique Pewter Spirit Measure to the 18th Century.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1225065
Dealers Internal Ref
MS 8465
Mark Seabrook Antiques
Mark Seabrook Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Apr 2020

Specialising in 17/18thc oak & country furniture, antique treen, early metalware & english pottery.

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An 18th-century English pewter spirit measure featuring a flat hinged lid, curved handle, and incised horizontal lines around a baluster body.
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Archive I An 18th-century English pewter spirit measure featuring a flat hinged lid, curved handle, and incised horizontal lines around a baluster body.

Antique Early Metalware 18thc Pewter Flat Lidded Pre-imperial Half Gill Spirit Measure. English C1720-30.

Archive II An 18th-century English pewter spirit measure featuring a flat hinged lid, curved handle, and incised horizontal lines around a baluster body. View II
Archive III An 18th-century English pewter spirit measure featuring a flat hinged lid, curved handle, and incised horizontal lines around a baluster body. View III
Archive IV An 18th-century English pewter spirit measure featuring a flat hinged lid, curved handle, and incised horizontal lines around a baluster body. View IV
Archive V An 18th-century English pewter spirit measure featuring a flat hinged lid, curved handle, and incised horizontal lines around a baluster body. View V
Archive VI An 18th-century English pewter spirit measure featuring a flat hinged lid, curved handle, and incised horizontal lines around a baluster body. View VI
Archive VII An 18th-century English pewter spirit measure featuring a flat hinged lid, curved handle, and incised horizontal lines around a baluster body. View VII
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An 18th-century English pewter spirit measure featuring a flat hinged lid, curved handle, and incised horizontal lines around a baluster body.
Antique Early Metalware 18thc Pewter Flat Lidded Pre-Imperial Half Gill Spirit Measure. English C1720-30.
Ref: SA1225065
An 18th-century English pewter spirit measure featuring a flat hinged lid, curved handle, and incised horizontal lines around a baluster body.
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A pre-Imperial pewter spirit measure is a cast metal liquid container produced before the British Imperial Weights and Measures Act of 1824 standardised fluid volumes. These measures were crafted to local town or regional standard capacities for dispensing spirits in public houses.

18th-century pewter measures were cast using an alloy composed predominantly of tin, combined with small percentages of copper, lead, or antimony to add strength and rigidity to the vessel structure.

Authentic Georgian spirit measures typically feature heavy cast construction, distinctive thumbpieces, hand-incised volume lines, and faint touchmarks or verification stamps struck into the rim or body.

Designers frequently group antique pewter items on dark wood shelving, open dresser display boards, or sideboards to contrast matte grey metallic surfaces against wood grain or painted backdrops.

Pewter metalware should be dusted with a soft cloth and washed in warm, soapy water if necessary, avoiding abrasive polishes or chemical cleaners that remove historic surface patination.
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