CHATS ON OLD
SHEFFIELD
PLATE

COMPANION VOLUME BY THE SAME AUTHOR

CHATS ON OLD SILVER

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

  1. The Marks stamped upon Silver
  2. Ecclesiastical Plate
  3. The Mazer, the Standing Cup, the Flagon, the Tankard, the Beaker, the Wine Cup
  4. The Salt Cellar
  5. The Spoon
  6. The Posset Pot, the Porringer
  7. The Candlestick
  8. The Teapot, the Coffee Pot, the Tea Caddy
  9. The Caster, the Sugar Bowl, the Cream Pail, the Cake Basket
  10. The Cream Jug
  11. Scottish Silver
  12. Irish Silver

Appendix.—Tables of Date Letters, London (1598-1905)—Table of Differences in Shields, London (Elizabeth to George V)—Illustrations of Marks, London, Provincial, Scottish and Irish

OLD SHEFFIELD PLATED CENTREPIECE.

On circular base, with nine plated wire baskets for glass dishes on spiral branches.

Date 1775-1780.

(In the collection of B. B. Harrison, Esq.)

Frontispiece.

Chats on
Old Sheffield Plate

BY

ARTHUR HAYDEN

AUTHOR OF "CHATS ON OLD SILVER," "CHATS
ON OLD CLOCKS" ETC.

WITH FRONTISPIECE AND 58 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
INCLUDING 5 PAGES OF MAKERS' MARKS

T. FISHER UNWIN LTD

LONDON: ADELPHI TERRACE

First published1920
Second Impression1924

(All rights reserved)

TO MY FRIEND

WALTER IDRIS,

IN APPRECIATION OF

KINDRED RECOGNITION