Open Pewter Wine Pitcher - Burgundy Or Champagne, 18th Century

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Pewter wine pitcher, open, shouldered shape, short straight slanted foot, and quarter-round bowl. Thumb rest handle.
Fleur-de-lis gauging mark on the bowl.
Height: 22.5 cm.
Capacity: 0.715 liters.
BOURGOGNE ou CHAMPAGNE, 18th century.

This type was often called a "cellar measure" because the absence of a lid facilitated filling and serving wine.
In perfect condition and of fine quality in both material and finish.
Fleur-de-lis gauging marks have been found on pitchers from Montbard and Langres.

It is worth noting that these pitchers were the official wine measures of the Ancien Régime. The capacity of jugs used in inns, drinking establishments, etc., was supposed to be periodically checked by royal or ecclesiastical authorities to ensure the consumer received "correct measure." However, in practice, this regulation was rarely enforced, and jugs bearing gauging marks are quite rare. The metric system appeared at the very beginning of the 19th century and took several decades to become established due to resistance to change from users. Gradually, these uniform cylindrical measures replaced the jugs, which, admittedly, displayed a variety of interesting shapes characteristic of their place of manufacture, but also an infinite number of different gauging measurements from one town to another, and often even from one village to another, however close they might be. This considerably complicated trade.
Nevertheless, there was one rule common to the entire territory: the gauge of the jug determined the gauges of the sub-measures, the latter successively having a gauge half that of the previous one.
Bibliography:
"Pewter Pottery in Burgundy" by Roger Verdier and Daniel Allix;
"Pewter Pitchers" by Charles Boucaud

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GUARANTEE

Former professor at IDETH (Institute of Technical and Historical Studies of the Art Object)
Former professor at the EAC (School of Art and Communication)
Former member of the UFE (French Union of Experts)
Expert specialist in pewter for more 40 years I guarantee the object is authentic described above.
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IBAN: FR76 3002 7160 2700 0206 4620 173
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