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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 52065, member: 44"]I'm traveling at the moment so am not near my pewter references. I can tell you that the WIV probably stands for William IV, King of England... Most English pewter measures and tankards have the reigning monarch's mark like VR for Queen Victoria. Wm. IV reigned in the 1830s. The knot looks like a Straffordshire Knot. I have seen it on English pewter. Of course there is the possibility this is a reproduction.</p><p><br /></p><p>Following is a page of pewter side spouted measures. A few of them have WIV marking (1st, 2nd, 18th, etc.) and one of them has a knot. Do read the decriptions especially the 1st that mentions Wm. IV, the 18th for a timeframe and the 26th mentions a Straffordshire knot.</p><p>It is a *.pdf file requiring Adobe Acrobat reader.</p><p><a href="http://www.pewterbank.com/Collecting_-_Side_Spouted_Mugs.Measures_-_13.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pewterbank.com/Collecting_-_Side_Spouted_Mugs.Measures_-_13.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.pewterbank.com/Collecting_-_Side_Spouted_Mugs.Measures_-_13.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know the maker because the maker's touchmark is too badly rubbed. Forget about the "X" That is probably a crowned X mark. It is a British quality mark.</p><p><br /></p><p>"Plate pewter was marked with a letter’X’ (denoting extraordinary ware), sometimes with a crown above it (1),= or was stamped with the words ‘hard metal ‘or’ superfine hard metal"</p><p><a href="http://gaukartifact.com/2013/02/28/touchmarks-on-pewter/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://gaukartifact.com/2013/02/28/touchmarks-on-pewter/" rel="nofollow">http://gaukartifact.com/2013/02/28/touchmarks-on-pewter/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pewtersociety.org/identify/pewterers-marks/quality-marks" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pewtersociety.org/identify/pewterers-marks/quality-marks" rel="nofollow">http://www.pewtersociety.org/identify/pewterers-marks/quality-marks</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 52065, member: 44"]I'm traveling at the moment so am not near my pewter references. I can tell you that the WIV probably stands for William IV, King of England... Most English pewter measures and tankards have the reigning monarch's mark like VR for Queen Victoria. Wm. IV reigned in the 1830s. The knot looks like a Straffordshire Knot. I have seen it on English pewter. Of course there is the possibility this is a reproduction. Following is a page of pewter side spouted measures. A few of them have WIV marking (1st, 2nd, 18th, etc.) and one of them has a knot. Do read the decriptions especially the 1st that mentions Wm. IV, the 18th for a timeframe and the 26th mentions a Straffordshire knot. It is a *.pdf file requiring Adobe Acrobat reader. [URL]http://www.pewterbank.com/Collecting_-_Side_Spouted_Mugs.Measures_-_13.pdf[/URL] I don't know the maker because the maker's touchmark is too badly rubbed. Forget about the "X" That is probably a crowned X mark. It is a British quality mark. "Plate pewter was marked with a letter’X’ (denoting extraordinary ware), sometimes with a crown above it (1),= or was stamped with the words ‘hard metal ‘or’ superfine hard metal" [URL]http://gaukartifact.com/2013/02/28/touchmarks-on-pewter/[/URL] [URL]http://www.pewtersociety.org/identify/pewterers-marks/quality-marks[/URL] --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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