Pottery, French, supplants silver plate, 24 Pounce pot, the, and its use, 182 Prince of Wales's feathers used in design, 153 Process of Sheffield silver plating described, 58 Rise in value of old Sheffield plate, 269 Romney picture of _Serena_ (Miss Sneyd), 119 Ruskin and copies of Turner drawings, 22 "Salt, below the," its meaning, 136 Salt cellar, the, 135 the new style, 147 Sauce boats, old silver, London makers of, 274 Scott, Sir Walter, his introduction of gas at Abbotsford, 116 Scottish hall marks on silver plate, 281 Seams a test of genuineness in Sheffield plate, 293 Sevrès porcelain makers' marks, 232 Shakespeare neglected by Addison and Steele, 51 revival of study of, 50 Sheffield-- Assay Office, institution of, 40, 41 hall marks on silver plate, 277 origin of silver plating at, 39 Sheffield plate-- old, destruction of, 253 wonderful technique of, 161 Sheffield platers-- as to their originality, 143 deterred from placing any marks, 64, 67 Sheffield silver plate, makers of, eighteenth century, 278 Sheffield, silver plating process described, 58 Silver-- duties in eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, 48 price of, in eighteenth century, 47 lustre ware imitates silver plate, 35 marks, simulation of, by marks on Sheffield plate, 62, 63 plate designs copied by platers, 143 plate made at Sheffield assayed in London, 63 plate, value of hall marks on, 274 plating at Sheffield, origin of, 39 plating by fusion, its invention, 45 plating, early, 35 plating, the great period, 73 Silversmiths-- copy of potters' designs by, 28, 31 list of late eighteenth century, 77 (London) who influenced Sheffield platers, 274 Simulation in art, 25, 28 Smith, J. R., engraving of _Serena_ after Romney, 119 Spiral forms in candelabra, 100 _Spectator_, advertisement in (1712), 140 Spurious candelabra and their errors, 95 Steele, Richard, omits Shakespeare from list of great poets, 51 Steel toys, the, of Sheffield, 140 Sugar basin, the, 210 basins, old silver, London makers of, 274 Supper table, the, 238 Taper holders, 181 Tea and coffee sets, 201 Tea caddies and their makers, 196 Tea kettles, 205 Teapots, 189 old silver, London makers of, 274 Tea urn, the, 202 Technique, wonderful, of Sheffield plate, 161 Tinder boxes, Sheffield plated, 286 Toasted cheese dishes, old silver, London makers of, 274 Trencher salts, their use, 147 Tureens-- old silver, London makers of, 274 soup, 220 Turner drawings, facsimiles of, 22 Tutenag, an alloy of antimony and zinc, 267 Urn, the tea, 202 Utility the true test of ornament, 110 Value of old Sheffield plate, 269