_Dublin._ 1699. The marks of this date shown opposite are from a caster (illustrated page 331). The maker is George Lyng. This was of the period prior to the adoption of the figure of Hibernia. _Dublin._ 1706. These marks are taken from a cup with harp handles. The harp with crown is in a gracefully shaped shield. The Maker’s initials are E.B., and the date letter S. _Dublin._ 1770. In these marks, drawn from a cream-pail (illustrated page 343), the figure of Hibernia appears. It will be noted that this is prior to the addition of a Duty Mark in England (in 1784), and prior to the further addition of a second Duty Mark in Ireland (in 1807), when the head of George III denoted that duty had been paid. The Maker of this piece was Will Haynes. The date is about 1770, but undecipherable. The present Dublin alphabet ~A~ to ~Z~, Old English capitals (omitting J), commenced in 1896. The date letter for 1915 is ~U~. These letters are in the same order as the London alphabet from 1896, but the latter is small Roman, and commences again at ~A~ in 1916, whereas the Dublin alphabet continues to Z in 1920. * * * * * _Cork._ 1694. This series of marks shown opposite includes the mark of Robert Goble, of Cork, the maker. The two castles on different stamps appear on Cork examples, and the galley with sails. _Cork._ 1764. These marks are drawn from a cream-jug (illustrated page 339), with fine chased and repoussé work, signed by Jonathan Buck in full, and having as a mark a buck, together with the word STERLING, which was sometimes used on Cork and other Irish silver. DUBLIN [Illustration: 1669 CASTER (illustrated p. 331).] [Illustration: 1706 Maker, Edward Barrett.] [Illustration: _c._ 1770 CREAM-PAIL (illustrated p. 343).] CORK [Illustration: _c._ 1694 LOVING-CUP. Maker, Robert Goble. (illustrated p. 331).] [Illustration: 1764 CREAM-JUG. Maker, Jonathan Buck. (illustrated p. 339).] INDEX Addison, _Spectator_, quoted on salt spoon, 153 Alphabets of London date marks (1598-1835), 359-385 American silversmiths, 47 Anathema Cup, the (1481), Pembroke College, 90, 94 Apostle spoons, list of apostles with their emblems, 183; prices, 187, 193 Assay offices, early, 27; eighteenth century, 28 Basket work in silver, 276, 282; bread and cake baskets, 293 Beaker, the Stuart, 119; illustrations of the, 121 “Beer Lane,” engraving by Hogarth, 132 Bell-shaped salt cellar, illustrated, 147 Below the salt, table customs, 141 Birmingham Marks illustrated, 398, 399 Bodington, John, silversmith (1697), 216 Bowl, plum broth (1697), illustrated, 217 Boxes for sugar, 261 Bread-basket, the, 293 Britannia mark, forgeries of, 220 Britannia mark, when found on silver, 51; used when silver is _not_ higher standard, 58, 61 Buck, Jonathan, silversmith, Cork, specimen illustrated, 339 Busfield, William, silversmith, York, 113 Caddy spoons, 194 Cake basket, the, 293