Lot 149: A Timothy Taylor Landlord Pub Beer Tap Handle

A Timothy Taylor Landlord pub beer tap handle, featuring a turned body finished in green gloss. The handle is mounted with a central oval metal badge containing an enamelled insert. This insert depicts a man in a red and white collared shirt holding a pint glass, surrounded by embossed text reading TIMOTHY TAYLOR’S CHAMPIONSHIP BEERS and LANDLORD THE CLASSIC PALE ALE ABV 4.3%. A wheat sheaf logo and the date 1858 are positioned at the top of the badge. The upper section of the handle is decorated with a repeating typographic pattern in light green, including the words GROWN, SESSIONABLE, BREWED IN KEIGHLEY, and CITRUS AROMA. The lower section features a printed wheat sheaf logo above text reading TIMOTHY TAYLOR’S CHAMPIONSHIP BEERS EST. 1858 and the slogan MAKE MINE A LANDLORD. The handle is topped with a metal cap containing a domed resin insert that repeats the central character illustration. A metal threaded fitting is present at the base for attachment to a beer engine. No other maker’s marks or labels are visible.

Overall length: 29.2 cm
Width of central badge: 11.4 cm
Diameter of handle base: 3.2 cm.