Herculaneum-- design from, 116 influence of art of, 116 Hogarth, "the Scottish," David Allan, 21 Imitativeness, European, 25 Imitation-- as a fine art, 19 of hall marks by Sheffield platers, 289, 290 decadence of wood engraving, 41 Imitations of Sheffield plate, 158 Inkstands, 181 Invention of silver plating by fusion, 45 Ireland, silver plating by fusion carried on in, 71 Irish dish or potato rings, 177 Irish Government offers premium (1783) for plated ware made in Ireland, 71 Irish hall marks on silver plate, 281, 282 Irish plated skewer marked "Sly," 262 Jackson, John, copyist of Reynolds, 21 Jugs, hot water, 227 Kettles, tea, 205 Knick-knacks, a world of (eighteenth century), 54 Knife handle of stamped Sheffield plate, 50 Lamb, Charles, quoted, 136 Liverpool silversmiths' work assayed at Chester, 278 Liverseege, Henry, copyist of Vandyck, 21 London, silver plating carried on at, 68 Louis XIV-- orders silver plate to be melted, 23 his extravagant use of silver plate, 23 Marks-- on French cabinet work, 237 on porcelain, 232 on Sheffield plate, 62, 63, 231; (illustrated), 286-293 (Sheffield plate) fear of platers to stamp any, 64, 67 on Sheffield plate resembling silver marks, 62, 63 on silver, position of, 273 Melting down of old Sheffield plate, 253 Mignard fabricates a Guido picture, 20 Missionary-fostered art, 26 Mustard pot, the, 148 Newcastle-upon-Tyne-- hall marks on silver plate, 277 silversmiths at, 278 Nottingham, silver plated ware made at, 68 Nozzles, removable, their indication of date, 96 Old masters, drawings of, copied by David Allan, 21 Old masters, prints of, simulated by Goltzins, 20 Original silver plate design copied by platers, 143 Ornament-- spiral, its abuse, 106 useless, failure of, 110 Parliamentary Committee on conduct of assay offices (1773), 63 Parsons and Co., Pattern Book, 181 Patch boxes, Sheffield plated, 54 Pattern Books, eighteenth century, silver platers', 74, 86, 89, 139 Penalties-- counterfeiting Duty Mark (1815) punishable by death, 48 for fraud in old plate, 36, 62, 63 for wrongly stamping Sheffield plate, 67 Petition of the buckle makers, the, 264 Pinchbeck, Christopher, and his imitations, 54 Pipe lighter-- Sheffield plate, 241 illustrated, 239 Pitt, epigrams by Porson on, 189 Plating, silver-- early, 35 pre-fusion period, 35, 39 process described, 58 used fraudulently, 35 Pompeii, influence of art of, 116 Poor relations and their foibles, 136 Porcelain factories, Derby and Worcester, origin of, 49 Potato rings, Sheffield plated, 177 Potters, copy of silversmiths' designs by, 28, 31