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Some Other Beer Pumps
Rare example of a chrome plated brass counter pump with a turned wood handle by Gaskell & Chambers, c1900.
Homark clamp-on beer engine, 1950's/60's. The slimline "modern" shape porcelain handle is decorated in a typical 1950's swirl pattern in yellow, white and black on a green background with thin vertical white lines. Excepting the brass spout and shut-off tap, now replaced by the stainless steel "swan-neck", clamp-on beer engines of this design remain in common use today.
Another rare example of a late 19th century brass pillar counter pump with a white porcelain handle. Maker unknown, the only identifying mark is a hand with an 'X' on the palm on the tap-screw. An almost identical design appeared in W. R. Loftus's 1893 catalogue, priced at £2 15s, and in the 1899 catalogue of T. Heath.
Hudson, Dodsworth & Associates Ltd half pint measure dispenser with horizontally mounted glass cylinder, 1950's/60's.
An earlier, probably mid-19th century, brass pillar counter pump by J. Warner & Sons with a white handle made of what appears to be transluscent glass. The spout is literally shaped to resemble a swan's head & neck.
Close-up of the maker's stamp and Royal coat-of-arms on the reverse of the pump, left, which suggests that Warner's had been granted the Royal Warrant to supply its wares. They also manufactured water pumps, hydraulic machinery, and cast church bells - including the original 16 ton bell commissioned for the Westminster Tower clock in 1856, which unfortunately cracked irreparably whilst under test in the Palace Yard at Westminster. The replacement Big Ben was cast by the Whitechapel Foundry using metal melted down from the original, and weighs 13.5 tons.
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