Of rounded baluster form upon a domed circular foot, with a double C scroll handle. Engraved to the front with contemporaneous initials BE in flourished cursive script, surmounted by a figure of a horse rider on horseback. Fully marked underneath. Height - 8.4 cm / 3.3 inchesWeight – 138 grams / 4.44 oztNotes:William Pemberton working from Eastgate Street, Chester. The son of Samuel Pemberton of Greasby, Wirral, brother of Peter Pemberton IV. Items bearing William Pemberton’s mark are vanishingly rare. Ridgeway (1985) records a paten in Rhuddlan parish church dated 1772 maker’s mark WP four times, Ridgeway and Priestley (2004) record a tablespoon of 1771. Chester silver has many connections with horse racing and was often given as prizes, an tumbler engraved “Won by Frenzy Kate 1745” was sold these rooms, 20 Oct 2025, lot 423 (£1386 incl. prem).