Georgian Pewter Table Top Tobacco Pot
From the seventeenth century onwards, there was scarcely a household in Britain that did not possess some items of pewter: plates, bowls, tankards, spoons, candlesticks were just some of the everyday items made from pewter.
Pewter table top tobacco pot with internal tobacco compressor, this would have been on a table in a gentlemans study for example and contained tobacco for his pipe.
Measuring:11cm high x 8cm diameter