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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KylieS, post: 4500417, member: 22292&quot;]An update on the the WR mark question - Yes it is a capacity mark. But no it isn&#039;t named for Queen Wictoria.</p><p><br /></p><p>An excerpt from a very thorough paper on the subject from the pewter society...</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;...as of the 29th Sept 1700, it would be illegal to sell beer or ales in un-marked vessels. Section V decreed that “The mayor of each city, Town Corporate, Borough or Market town, from June 24th 1700, to have every one of them to be plainly and apparently agreed, stamped and marked with WR and a crown.” The cost per piece for such verification was a farthing and the mayor of each locale was to provide the standards. Broadsheets proclaiming this Act appeared in London streets within days of its </p><p>passing and the Act remained in force throughout England and Wales until its repeal by the Imperial Act of 1824.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>A subsequent note states that the mark was not instantly phased out but continued to be used until around 1840, especially outside of London. </p><p><br /></p><p>So my tankard is probably more elderly than Victoria - nice to know <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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