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 Pint capacity mark while on the underside it is inscribed the name of the Lightermans Arms Public House, Bermondsey. The Lightermans arms was a small beer-shop which existed between 1853 and 1907 in the Surrey Docks on the corner of Kenning Street and Swan Road in what is now considered Rotherhithe, South East London.