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A Pewter Taper Sided Tankard from the Royal George, Chatham. c. 1860s. Mark of Horse Rearing in a Shield, #6. Mid-19th Century. Charles Dickens’ country home Gad’s Hill Place was near Chatham and his happiest youthful days were in Chatham, where his father worked 1817-1822. According to the owner, who’s grandmother, a resident of Chatham, found this Tankard, “everyone knew” that Dickens’ favorite pub was the Royal George and all the ladies around town in the 1920’s-30s who collected antiques considered it a real coup if they could get a period tankard from the Dickens era from the Royal George. Well used condition. 4 1/2″ h., 5 1/2″ over handle, 3 3/4″ dia. base.

A Pewter Taper Sided Tankard from the Royal George, Chatham. c. 1860s. Mark of Horse Rearing in a Shield, #6. Mid-19th Century. Charles Dickens’ country home Gad’s Hill Place was near Chatham and his happiest youthful days were in Chatham, where his father worked 1817-1822. According to the owner, who’s grandmother, a resident of Chatham, found this Tankard, “everyone knew” that Dickens’ favorite pub was the Royal George and all the ladies around town in the 1920’s-30s who collected antiques considered it a real coup if they could get a period tankard from the Dickens era from the Royal George. Well used condition. 4 1/2″ h., 5 1/2″ over handle, 3 3/4″ dia. base.