| PAGE | ||
| [PREFACE] | [11] | |
| [LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS] | [19] | |
| [CHAPTER I] | ||
| THE MARKS STAMPED UPON SILVER | [23] | |
| [CHAPTER II] | ||
| ECCLESIASTICAL PLATE | [65] | |
| [CHAPTER III] | ||
| THE MAZER, THE STANDING CUP, THE FLAGON, THETANKARD, THE BEAKER, THE WINE CUP | [83] | |
| [CHAPTER IV] | ||
| THE SALT CELLAR | [139] | |
| [CHAPTER V] | ||
| THE SPOON | [177] | |
| [CHAPTER VI] | ||
| THE POSSET-POT, THE PORRINGER | [195] | |
| [CHAPTER VII] | ||
| THE CANDLESTICK | [221] | |
| [CHAPTER VIII] | ||
| THE TEAPOT, THE COFFEE-POT, THE TEA-CADDY | [239] | |
| [CHAPTER IX] | ||
| THE CASTER, THE SUGAR-BOWL, THE CREAM-PAIL,THE CAKE-BASKET | [267] | |
| [CHAPTER X] | ||
| THE CREAM-JUG | [299] | |
| [CHAPTER XI] | ||
| SCOTTISH SILVER | [311] | |
| [CHAPTER XII] | ||
| IRISH SILVER | [329] | |
| APPENDIX, CONTAINING TABLES OF DATE LETTERS.LONDON (1598-1835) | [347] | |
TABLE OF DIFFERENCES IN SHIELDS. LONDON(ELIZABETH TO GEORGE V) | [357] | |
ILLUSTRATIONS OF MARKS: LONDON, PROVINCIAL,SCOTTISH, AND IRISH | [359] | |
| [INDEX] | [411] | |
[ILLUSTRATIONS]
| George II Coffee Pot, 1741. Maker, Peter Archambo. | [Frontispiece] |
| PAGE | |
| Chapter II.—Ecclesiastical Plate | |
Elizabethan Chalices | [67] |
Elizabethan Chalice; Charles I Chalice | [71] |
Charles II Cup; William III Flagons | [75] |
Charles II and Queen Anne Patens | [79] |
George II Communion Cup | [81] |
| Chapter III.—The Standing Cup, the Flagon, the Tankards, the Beakers,and the Wine Cup | |
Mazer, with inscription dated Exeter, 1490 | [87] |
The Leigh Cup and Cover, 1499 | [91] |
Cup and Cover, 1585 | [95] |
Stoneware Jug with Silver Cover and Foot, 1570 | [95] |
The Samuel Pepys Standing Cup and Cover, 1677 | [99] |
Flagon, 1572; Flagon, 1599 | [105] |
Tankards, Charles II, 1679, and William III, 1701 | [111] |
Charles II Tankards, York, 1684 | [111] |
Queen Anne Tankard, Exeter, 1705 | [115] |
Mug, 1733, and Tankard, 1748, Exeter | [117] |
Beakers: James I, 1606; Charles I, 1631; Charles II, 1671 | [121] |
James I Wine Cup | [125] |
Stuart Wine Cups; Seventeenth-century Candlestick | [129] |
“Monteith” Punch-bowl, 1704 | [135] |
| Chapter IV.—The Salt Cellar | |
Hour-glass Standing Salt Cellar, 1500 | [143] |
Bell-shaped Salt Cellar, 1601 | [147] |
Circular Salt Cellar, 1638 | [151] |
Octagonal Salt Cellar, 1679, “The Sumner Salt” | [155] |
Lambeth Delft and Rouen faience Salt Cellars | [161] |
Group of Small Circular Salts, Queen Anne, George II, andGeorge III | [165] |
Salts with Glass Liner, George III | [167] |
Group of Oblong Salts with three feet, George III | [167] |
Group of Salt Cellars, George III, showing transition | [171] |
Group of Salt Cellars, George III, George IV, and William IV | [173] |
| Chapter V.—The Spoon | |
Seventeenth-century Spoons | [181] |
Seventeenth and Eighteenth-century Spoons | [185] |
Seventeenth and Eighteenth-century Spoons | [189] |
| Chapter VI.—The Posset-pot and the Porringer | |
Commonwealth Porringer, 1653 | [197] |
Charles II Posset-pot and Cover, 1662; Porringer, Silver-gilt, 1669 | [197] |
Charles II Porringer, 1666 | [201] |
Charles II Posset-cup and Cover, 1679 | [201] |
Posset-pot and Cover, 1683 | [205] |
Charles II Porringer, 1672 | [209] |
Queen Anne Porringer, Exeter, 1707 | [209] |
James II Posset-cup and Cover, 1685 | [213] |
Staffordshire Earthenware Posset-cup, dated 1685 | [213] |
Plum Broth Dish and Ladle, 1697 | [217] |
| Chapter VII.—The Candlestick | |
Charles I Candlestick, 1637 | [223] |
Lambeth Delft Candlestick, dated 1648 | [223] |
Charles II Candlesticks, 1673 | [227] |
Snuffers and Tray, 1682 | [231] |
Candlesticks Queen Anne, 1704, 1706; George I, 1721 | [231] |
Candlestick, Sheffield, 1782 | [235] |
| Chapter VIII.—The Coffee-pot, the Teapot, the Tea-caddy | |
Coffee-pot, Newcastle, 1737 | [243] |
Teapot (Honourable East India Company), 1670 | [243] |
Teapot, 1745 | [247] |
Kettle, with Stand and Spirit-lamp, 1746 | [251] |
Group of Coffee-pots and Teapots | [255] |
Tea-caddies, Exeter, 1718; London, 1730 | [259] |
George III Tea-caddies | [259] |
Pair of Tea-caddies and Sugar-box, 1760 | [263] |
| Chapter IX.—The Caster, the Sugar-bowl, the Cream-pail, the Cake-basket | |
William III and Queen Anne Casters, 1701 and 1712 | [269] |
George II Caster, Exeter, 1728 | [273] |
Group of Casters, William III, George II, and George III | [277] |
Centre-piece, 1761 | [279] |
Centre-piece, 1775 | [279] |
Sugar-bowl, Classic Style, 1773 | [283] |
Sugar-bowl, Pierced Work with Glass Liners (lateEighteenth Century) | [285] |
Cream-pails, 1776, 1782 | [285] |
Bread-baskets, 1745 to 1775 | [289] |
Cake-basket, 1761; Wedgwood Cake-basket | [291] |
Wedgwood Earthenware Dessert-baskets | [295] |
| Chapter X.—The Cream-jug | |
Jug, Paul de Lamerie, 1736 | [301] |
Group of Cream-jugs, George I and George III | [305] |
Group of Cream-jugs, late George III | [309] |
| Chapter XI.—Scottish Silver | |
Scottish Quaich, Edinburgh, 1705 | [313] |
Mug, Edinburgh, 1790 | [313] |
Sugar-caster, Edinburgh, 1746 | [317] |
Coffee-pot, Edinburgh, 1769 | [321] |
Tea-urn, Edinburgh, 1778 | [325] |
| Chapter XII.—Irish Silver | |
Caster, Dublin (George Lyng), 1699 | [331] |
Loving-cup, with harp handles, Cork, 1694 | [331] |
Centre-piece, Dublin, 1740 | [335] |
Cream-jug, signed by Jonathan Buck, Cork, 1764 | [339] |
Cream-jug, Dublin, 1740 | [339] |
Cream-pail, Dublin, 1770 | [343] |
| Appendix to Chapter I | |
Alphabets of Date Letters used at London Assay Office | [347-355] |
Table showing variations in Hall and Standard Marks | [357] |
Series of Examples of London Assay Marks | [359-385] |
Series of Examples of Provincial Assay Marks | [387-399] |
Series of Examples of Scottish and Irish Assay Marks | [401-409] |
[I]
THE MARKS STAMPED
UPON SILVER
| I. | THE HALL-MARK |
| II. | THE STANDARD MARK |
| III. | THE DATE MARK |
| IV. | THE MAKER’S MARK |
| V. | THE HIGHER STANDARD MARK |
| VI. | THE DUTY MARK |
| VII. | THE FOREIGN MARK |
| APPENDIX TO CHAPTER ([pp. 347-409]) | |
| Illustrations of typical Marks |