A pair of Victorian novelty Eddystone Lighthouse pepper pots

A pair of Victorian novelty Eddystone Lighthouse pepper pots,

by Deakin and Francis, Birmingham 1895,

modelled as the lighthouse, pull-off pierced covers, engraved with windows, ladders and '1759', the undersides inscribed 'Smeaton's Edystone [sic] Lighthouse', one with a later presentation inscription, on a raised rocky circular base, height 12cm, approx weight 5.8oz. (2)

The Eddystone lighthouse is located approximately twelve miles SSW of Plymouth Sound. The first lighthouse on the site was a wooden structure constructed in 1698 by Henry Winstanley. The Smeaton lighthouse was the third lighthouse, made of granite and Portland stone. The light was first lit on 16 October 1759. Smeaton's lighthouse was 59 feet (18 m) high and had a diameter at the base of 26 feet (8m). It was lit by a chandelier of twenty-four large tallow candles', ref Wikipedia.'