Duty mark, the, explanation of, 60
Ecclesiastical plate, 65-78
Edinburgh Marks illustrated, 405
Edinburgh tea-table customs, 303
Earthenware emulating silver, 169, 249, 262, 294
East India Company, teapot presented to, 241;
import of tea and teapots by, 249
Eighteenth-century Assay Offices, 28
Eighteenth-century beverages, 253;
salt cellars, types of, 157
Elizabethan flagons, 107
Elston, John, silversmith, Exeter, 78
Exeter Marks illustrated, 81, 115, 117, 209, 273, 391
Exeter silver plate illustrated--
Chalices, Elizabethan, 67, 71;
Charles I, 71
Communion cup, George II, 81
Mug, George III, 117
Spoons, 189
Tankard, Queen Anne, 115;
George II, 117
Flagons, sixteenth-century, 107
Flaxman, John, teapot designed by, 250
Foreign mark, the, 62
Forgeries, 220
Fraud, cutting out old marks, 275
Fraud, possibilities of, in marks, 63, 359
French influence in late eighteenth century, 287
Gamble, Ellis, goldsmith, master of Hogarth, his shop card, 45
Gibson, George, silversmith, York, 113
“Gin Street,” engraving by Hogarth, 132
Glasgow Marks illustrated, 405
Glasgow silver. Marks, 404;
quaich (1665) illustrated, 313
Glassworker, designs of the, utilized in silver, 212
Goble, Robert, silversmith, Cork, specimen illustrated, 331;
marks illustrated, 409
Goldsmiths’ Company, London, early power of, 26;
the true function of, 35;
salt cellars in possession of, 146
Hall-marks, explanation of, 25-30
Hall-marks of various Assay Offices, 28
Handle, the, of posset-pot and porringer, 207
Hanway, Jonas, condemns tea, 254
Harp handles in Irish silver, 338;
cup illustrated, 331
Hibernia, figure of, as a mark, 33, 334
Higher standard mark, explanation of, 49-59
Hogarth, William, apprenticed to goldsmith, 45;
his satires on drinking, 132
House of Commons Select Committee on Hall-marking of Plate, 25, 27, 153
Hour-glass form of salt cellar illustrated, 143
Individuality of craftsmen’s work extinguished, 43
Initials of makers, 43
Innholders’ Company salt cellars, 146
Ions, I., silversmith, Exeter, 74
Irish goldsmiths, 47
Irish makers’ names, 345, 346
Irish plate illustrated--
Caster, 331
Centre-piece, 335
Cream-jugs, 339
Cream-pail, 343
Loving-cup, 331
Potato-ring, _Cover of volume_
Irish silver, 329
Irish standard mark, 33
Irish towns where silver was wrought, 337
Jug, stoneware (1570), with silver mounts, 101
Lambeth delft salt cellar, 163
Lamerie, Paul de, mark illustrated, 251
Lantern-shaped teapot (1670) illustrated, 243
Lavabo bowl illustrated, 79
Leigh standing cup, the, 93
“Lima” found on George II gold coins, 337
Lion’s head erased mark, when found on silver, 51
Locke, “Further Considerations Concerning the Raising the Value
of Money,” 55
London hall-marks--
Marks illustrated, 129, 135, 197, 205, 217, 231, 251, 269,
291, 349-385
Table of date letters (1598-1835), 351-355
Table showing differences in shapes of shields, 357
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