Kitchen fixtures & fittings

An finely patinated 19th Century pewter Ale Mug with broad banding and turned rim with a 'broken' style handle and thumb-piece all on a heavy ogee 'pear shaped' moulded base. Made by the famous firm of George Farmiloe & Sons (1876-1940), Pewterers of St John Street, Barbican, London. The Touch-Mark of 'B' is the signature of the unnamed craftsman. More broadly the Pewterers marks indicate a mid to late Victorian date, with the crowned arms of the City of London and the history of the founders at which it was made circusmscribing the period of manufacture to between 1876 and 1878. The Capacity Mark indicates a true Quart measure.

A finely patinated, straight sided and banded pewter Tavern Jug with spout, turned rim, and 'strap' style handle and thumb-piece, all on a heavy ogee-moulded and double-banded base. Hand inscribed by it's historic owner the jug records one 'E. Wood' of the Scotts Arms on Hermitage Bridge in Wapping in the old Docks of London. The Scotts Arms public house was run by a Mrs Elizabeth Wood between 1834 and 1861 and prospered for many years before its demolition in 2004. A single, faded, Verification Mark, combined with the shape and profile of the vessel itself would also tend to date it to the early middle part of the Nineteenth Century. The Capacity Mark indicates a true Pint measure.

A finely patinated 19th Century 'pear', or 'baluster' formed pewter Ale Mug with turned rim with a 'broken' style handle and thumb-piece all on a heavy ogee moulded and banded base. A profusion of pseudo-hallmarks and touch marks indicate the age and manufacture of the vessell, with the lack of a crown stamped Imperial Measure mark perhaps suggesting a date earlier than 1826. The Capacity Mark indicates a true Pint measure.

A finely patinated mid 19th Century 'straight sided' pewter Ale Mug with turned rim with a 'broken' style handle and thumb-piece all on a heavy ogee moulded and banded base. Hand engraved with the initials of the historic owner, the vessel shows a Surrey County verificaion mark and Imperial Quart capacity mark while on the underside it is inscribed the name of the Fishermans Arms Public House, Bermondsey.

A finely patinated 19th Century deep 'bulbous' or 'pear' formed pewter Ale Mug with turned rim with a 'strap' style handle and indented thumb-piece on a heavy ogee moulded and banded base. The Touch Mark is that of James Yates of Birmingham which, along with the profile of the handle and body of the vessel, would suggest a date of manufacture around the year 1840. The Capacity Mark indicaes that the Mug holds a true British Imperial Pint.  

engraved 'M.C.C Silverstone 1950, 5 Lap Winners H'Cap, 2nd K.F Brown'