Hello all,
I saved this from being thrown out some years ago. It was given to me by a widowed lady who was clearing out her husbands shed. She didn't like the swastika on it. Her husband had been using it as a paintbrush pot. I cleaned off the many layers of paint and found the engravings on it.
I have assumed that this was a silver wedding anniversary gift, because I think that the swastika on it's side, rather than the nazi one on it's corner, is the Roman symbol for silver? I know nothing about pewter assay/makers marks.
Can anyone enlighten me? I have tested it and found that a pint of bitter tastes very good from it, not a trace of paint taste!
Cheers,
navyman.
I saved this from being thrown out some years ago. It was given to me by a widowed lady who was clearing out her husbands shed. She didn't like the swastika on it. Her husband had been using it as a paintbrush pot. I cleaned off the many layers of paint and found the engravings on it.
I have assumed that this was a silver wedding anniversary gift, because I think that the swastika on it's side, rather than the nazi one on it's corner, is the Roman symbol for silver? I know nothing about pewter assay/makers marks.
Can anyone enlighten me? I have tested it and found that a pint of bitter tastes very good from it, not a trace of paint taste!
Cheers,
navyman.