Production: Pitt & Dadley
Pewter tankard. Flat lid with scrolled thumbpiece. Barrel inscribed within a belt: 'The gift of Brother Cole to the Knights of the Hole, 15th April 1789. Noble Grand, Brother Kinsley'. On the belt is inscribed: 'free and easy'. Beneath the belt: 'persevere'. On the base: Sister Wills, Hole in the Wall, Fleet Street.
The lid is probably a replacement.
In the tankard is a typescript copy of an extract from 'The Daily Advertiser', May 9th 1776, advertising a dinner celebrating the membership of the Free (?) Easy Johns raching 1,000.
A.F. de Navarro Bequest
Height: 21.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1933) by Navarro, Mary Anderson de, Madame Navarro, J. M. de
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1789
Accession number: NAV.28-1933
Primary reference Number: 125214
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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