Three German pewter jugs, 18th century Different pewter jugs with dark age patina. A Silesian beaked jug with a strong ball finial, engraved owner's name "Siegmunt Scholze 1742" on the lid. Several repairs. The lid bears the struck town mark of Freystadt with a double struck master's mark of Samuel Pechmann, who can be traced there from 1725 to 1774. A cylinder jug with a ball finial, the lid inset with a plaque with a portrait of Emperor Joseph II. Three barely legible marks on the lid. A cylinder jug with engraved panduren between flower tendrils. The lid engraved "JCM 1783" with a ball pusher. Three unmarked marks in the lid, probably Thuringia. Minor repair to the stand. Height 24 to 28 cm. Condition: II -

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