Pewter Mugs
Three Lots - 328, 328A, 328B various collections of 18th century pewter mugs.
INFO - Glass Bottomed Pewter Mugs and The Kings Shilling.
In the 18th century when a press gang was looking for crew to join the Royal Navy, they would often go into ale houses to find able bodied men. They offered to buy their new friends a beer, then secretly drop a shilling into the mug. Having drunk all the ale, the poor victim was judged to have 'Accepted The Kings Shilling' and therefore had volunteered to join the Navy. To try and keep their customers, the landlords introduced glass bottomed tankards, so that the prospective crew member was able to look into their beer and see the shilling before accepting the kind gift.
Ewbank Auctioneers
The Burnt Common Auction Rooms
London Road
Send, Woking
Surrey
GU23 7LN
Sale18 March 2009 10.30 am
http://www.ewbankauctions.co.uk/
INFO - Glass Bottomed Pewter Mugs and The Kings Shilling.
In the 18th century when a press gang was looking for crew to join the Royal Navy, they would often go into ale houses to find able bodied men. They offered to buy their new friends a beer, then secretly drop a shilling into the mug. Having drunk all the ale, the poor victim was judged to have 'Accepted The Kings Shilling' and therefore had volunteered to join the Navy. To try and keep their customers, the landlords introduced glass bottomed tankards, so that the prospective crew member was able to look into their beer and see the shilling before accepting the kind gift.
Ewbank Auctioneers
The Burnt Common Auction Rooms
London Road
Send, Woking
Surrey
GU23 7LN
Sale18 March 2009 10.30 am
http://www.ewbankauctions.co.uk/
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