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Materials:

silver

Size Notes:

length over handles; weight- 2955 g

Description:

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Markings:

the side engraved with presentation inscription, the beer barrel finial engraved "New Brewery, Weston Street", marked on base, cover, and finial; maker's mark overstriking another

Provenance:

The inscription on the side reads, "Presented by the Purchasers of the new Brewery, Weston Street, to Pearson Walton, Esqr as a Mark of their Respect and Esteem.". The inscription probably refers to the Southwark Public Subscription Brewery, established in Weston Street, Southwark, by Hollingsworth & Co. before 1810. Southwark was then a center for beer-making, with the nearby Anchor brewery - producing 300,000 barrels a year in 1815 - being proclaimed the largest in the world in the 19th century. . In 1810 Hollingsworth & Co. dissolved their partnership, and in 1816 its Weston Street location was purchased, along with 21 licensed houses, by the brewers Combe, Delafield & Co. of Long Acre (see The Brewing Industry: A Guide to Historical Records ). This tureen was probably presented as part of that transaction. Today, once-industrial Weston Street sits between the Shard and White Cube gallery