ANTIQUE VICTORIAN PEWTER PUB TANKARD
CURSIVE SCRIPT ENGRAVING WHICH WAS HARD TO DECIPHER BUT WE GOT THERE EVENTUALLY:
F W ALLEN
(FREDERICK ALLEN TOOK OVER THE LICENCE ON 14th APRIL 1866 & WAS STILL LICENSEE TO AT LEAST 1874)
SHIP
TALBOT COURT
GRACECHURCH ST
(THE SHIP INN STILL TRADES FROM THE SAME SITE TODAY, IN SPITE OF BEING A TRAGIC VICTIM OF THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON)
THERE IS A TOUCH MARK
CROWN OVER A QUARTERED CIRCLE WITH A SWORD IN THE TOP LEFT QUARTER
VR (VICTORIA REGINA)
WEIGHT 500 GRAMS
HEIGHT 11cm
9.75cm BASE DIAMETER
8.5cm TOP DIAMETER