SALE PRICES
POTATO OR DISH RINGS.
Large prices have been paid for these examples of Irish silver with scroll work, pastoral scenes, fruit, and flower subjects, and pierced trellis decoration.
They realize prices varying from £50 to £250, and fine early examples bring even more. The following prices have been given for examples: 1757, £129; 1760, 230s. per oz., £98; 1772, 188s. per oz., £136; 1786, 200s. per oz., £164.
APPENDIX
TO
CHAPTER I
The following Tables are intended to be of practical use to the student of Old Silver, and they are arranged in a convenient form for reference.
| I. | Tables showing Date Letters used at the London Assay Office from 1598 to 1835 ([pages 351-355]). |
| II. | Table showing Differences of Shields in Hall Marks, Standard Marks, and Date Marks of London Assay Office, from the Accession of Queen Elizabeth to the present day ([page 357]). |
| III. | Series of Examples showing Types of Marks found on authentic specimens of Old Silver assayed in London during the above period ([pages 359-385]). |
| IV. | Series of Examples from Silver assayed at Exeter, Chester, Norwich, York, Newcastle, Birmingham, and Sheffield ([pages 387-399]). |
| Scottish and Irish Marks are also given ([pages 401-409]). |