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.
 
2 small lidded Victorian pewter pots would probably be used on a desk for keeping pen nibs and paper clips in.
 
Measuring: 6cm high x 8cm diameter