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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 52740, member: 44"]This morning am trying to catch up on the forums. It doesn't appear you have been back to this thread since Thursday morning? I see Spring spotted "Pint." For the life of me I can't see "pint" on any of the pictures, but my eyesight is questionable at best. FWIW, I concur with him - measure.</p><p><br /></p><p>"A vessel used for measuring or serving liquid. Regulated</p><p>by government inspectors who occassionally verified the capacity and placed verification marks on the vessel."</p><p><br /></p><p>I have scanned through some of my pewter references. As I can't make out the maker's touchmark, this was an exercise in futility. Because of "WIV," I still date it to 1830-1837 as this was the reigning mark of William IV. Believe "WIV" of the reigning monarch is called the verification mark. The "X" would be the quality mark. Your last picture is probably the maker's mark. It looks like an "X" at the top. Some maker's included "X" in their touchmarks; however, few maker's used their touchmarks on measures. Sometimes down inside of the measure on the bottom there may be what is called a "pot mark" or "pot touch." These were sometimes the maker's mark or the mark of the pub owning the measure.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an interesting *.pdf file on Dating Pewter measures/mugs/tankards with a chart. The file is on the Pewterbanks, a reputable pewter website:</p><p><a href="http://www.pewterbank.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pewterbank.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.pewterbank.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p>According the chart, your measure:</p><p>Fillets: Low-middles (1830s-1870s)</p><p>Handles: Crank (1800-1840)</p><p>Terminal: It could be "Attention," but really can't tell for need to see a pic to the handle straight on. The terminal is the very bottom of the handle that is attached to the body.</p><p>Bodies: Could be any number of them for the tiny illustrations given are too small for me to distinguish a difference. Possibilities: Trunc. cone, York, Bristol, Newcastle fillet.</p><p><br /></p><p>5th up from the bottom has the WIV and knot:</p><p><a href="http://www.stileshouseantiques.com/metalware.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.stileshouseantiques.com/metalware.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.stileshouseantiques.com/metalware.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 52740, member: 44"]This morning am trying to catch up on the forums. It doesn't appear you have been back to this thread since Thursday morning? I see Spring spotted "Pint." For the life of me I can't see "pint" on any of the pictures, but my eyesight is questionable at best. FWIW, I concur with him - measure. "A vessel used for measuring or serving liquid. Regulated by government inspectors who occassionally verified the capacity and placed verification marks on the vessel." I have scanned through some of my pewter references. As I can't make out the maker's touchmark, this was an exercise in futility. Because of "WIV," I still date it to 1830-1837 as this was the reigning mark of William IV. Believe "WIV" of the reigning monarch is called the verification mark. The "X" would be the quality mark. Your last picture is probably the maker's mark. It looks like an "X" at the top. Some maker's included "X" in their touchmarks; however, few maker's used their touchmarks on measures. Sometimes down inside of the measure on the bottom there may be what is called a "pot mark" or "pot touch." These were sometimes the maker's mark or the mark of the pub owning the measure. Here is an interesting *.pdf file on Dating Pewter measures/mugs/tankards with a chart. The file is on the Pewterbanks, a reputable pewter website: [URL]http://www.pewterbank.com[/URL] According the chart, your measure: Fillets: Low-middles (1830s-1870s) Handles: Crank (1800-1840) Terminal: It could be "Attention," but really can't tell for need to see a pic to the handle straight on. The terminal is the very bottom of the handle that is attached to the body. Bodies: Could be any number of them for the tiny illustrations given are too small for me to distinguish a difference. Possibilities: Trunc. cone, York, Bristol, Newcastle fillet. 5th up from the bottom has the WIV and knot: [URL]http://www.stileshouseantiques.com/metalware.html[/URL] --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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