INDEXAddison,Spectator, quoted on salt spoon,153Alphabets of London date marks (1598-1835),359-385American silversmiths,47Anathema Cup, the (1481), Pembroke College,90,94Apostle spoons, list of apostles with their emblems,183;prices,187,193Assay offices, early,27;eighteenth century,28Basket work in silver,276,282;bread and cake baskets,293Beaker, the Stuart,119;illustrations of the,121“Beer Lane,” engraving by Hogarth,132Bell-shaped salt cellar, illustrated,147Below the salt, table customs,141Birmingham Marks illustrated,398,399Bodington, John, silversmith (1697),216Bowl, plum broth (1697), illustrated,217Boxes for sugar,261Bread-basket, the,293Britannia mark, forgeries of,220Britannia mark, when found on silver,51;used when silver isnothigher standard,58,61Buck, Jonathan, silversmith, Cork, specimen illustrated,339Busfield, William, silversmith, York,113Caddy spoons,194Cake basket, the,293Candle holders, part of centre-pieces,276Candlestick, brass, seventeenth-century, illustrated,129Candlesticks, silver—Charles II examples illustrated,227Early eighteenth-century examples illustrated,231Early Stuart type,225Lambeth delft example (1648) illustrated,223Sheffield example (1782) illustrated,235Casters,271-276Casters illustrated—George II (Exeter),273Group (Queen Anne and George III),277Irish (1699),331Scottish (1746),317William III and Queen Anne,269Catherine of Braganza popularizes tea-drinking,254Centre-piece, the,276Chalice, the, Elizabethan forms,73,74;the Exeter pattern,73Charles I statue, Charing Cross, its secret burial,107Charles II and Lord Mayor, piquant story of,44Chester Marks illustrated,395Chronological List of Specimens Illustrated—Henry VII(1485-1509)1490Mazer,871499Leigh Cup, Mercers’ Company,911500Hour-glass standing salt,143Elizabeth(1558-1603)1570Stoneware jug with silver mounts,951572Flagon,1051572Chalice and cover,671573Chalice and cover,711575Chalice and cover,671585Standing cup and cover,951599Flagon,1051601Bell-shaped salt cellar,147James I(1603-1625)1606Beaker,121c.1620Tall wine cup (no date letter),125Charles I(1625-1649)1631Wine cup,1291631Beaker,1211637Candlestick,2231638Salt cellar, Mercers’ Company,1511640Chalice and cover,711648Apostle spoon (St. Andrew),185Commonwealth(1649-1660)1651Spoon, slipped in the stalk,1811652Spoon, seal-top,1851653Porringer,1971660Spoon, Puritan,181Charles II(1660-1685)1660Cup,751662Posset-cup and cover,1971665Spoon, flat stem,1811665Wine cup,1291666Porringer,2011669Porringer,1971670Teapot,2431671Beaker,1211672Porringer,2091673Candlesticks,2271674Apostle spoon (St. Simon Zelotes), Exeter,1891677Pepys standing cup,991679Spoon, lobed end,1891679Tankard,1111679Caudle cup and cover,2011679Octagonal salt cellar (Mercers’ Company),1551680Patens,791682Snuffers and tray,2311683Posset-pot and cover,2051684Tankards (York),1111685Posset-pot and cover,213William III(1689-1702)1692Flagons,751694Loving-cup (Cork),3311697Dish and ladle,2171699Caster (Dublin),3311701Caster,2691701Tankard,111Anne(1702-1714)1702Spoon trefoil top, rat’s-tail (Exeter),1891702Lavabo bowl,791703Spoon, trefoil top (Newcastle),1851703Spoon, trefoil top,1851704Candlestick,2311704“Monteith” punch-bowl,1351705Tankard (Exeter),1151705Scottish quaich,3131706Candlestick (Exeter),2311707Porringer (Exeter),2091712Caster,2691712Trencher salt cellar,1651714Paten (Exeter),79George I(1714-1727)1718Tea-caddy (Exeter),2591721Candlestick,2311726Cream-jug,305George II(1727-1760)1728Caster (Exeter),2731729Small communion cup and cover,811730Tea-caddy,2591730Coffee-pot,2551730Trencher salt cellar,1651733Mug (Exeter),1171736Jug, helmet-shaped,3011737Coffee-pot (Newcastle),2431740Centre-piece (Dublin),3351740Cream-jug (Dublin),3391741Coffee-pot,Frontispiece1745Teapot,2471746Kettle and stand,2511746Caster (Edinburgh),3171747Caster,2771748Tankard (Exeter),1171758Trencher salt cellar,1651760Tea-caddies and sugar box,2631760Irish potato-ring,Design on cover of volume[Transcriber's Note: The design did not appear on the cover of this edition.]1740-1775Bread-baskets,289George III(1760-1820)1760Caster,2771761Centre-piece,2791761Cake-basket,2911764Cream-jug,3051764Cream-jug (Cork),3391765Circular salt cellar with club feet,1651769Salt cellar with glass liner,1671769Coffee-pot (Edinburgh),3211770Cream-pail (Dublin),3431771Salt cellar, perforated work,1731771Caster,2771773Sugar-bowl,2831775Coffee-pot,2551775Tea-caddy,2591775Centre-piece,2791776Cream-pail,2851778Tea-urn (Edinburgh),3251779Cream-jug,3051780Cream-jug,3051781-1790Salt cellars, tureen form,1711782Candlestick (Sheffield),2351782Cream-pail,2851784Tea-caddy,2591785Salt cellar, circular,1651785Salt cellar with glass liner,1671786Salt cellar, cloven-hoof feet,1671786Sugar-bowl,2851789Salt cellar with club feet,1671789Salt cellar, circular,1711790Cream-jug,3091790Mug (Edinburgh),3131791-1797Salt cellar, boat-shaped,1711790-1800Coffee-pots and teapots,2551800Cream-jug,3091803Salt cellar, washing tub form,1731804Cream-jug,3091809Cream-jug,3091810Salt cellar, Pompeian design,173George IV(1820-1830)1818Salt cellar, tureen form,173William IV(1830-1837)1832Salt cellar, circular,173Classic influence, when at its height,287Clipped coins called in, panic in 1696,57Coffee-drinking, women’s petition to Parliament,245Coffee-pots,250Coffee-pots illustrated—George II (1741),FrontispieceGroup George II and George III,255Newcastle (1737),243Scottish (1769),321Coin clipping, attempt to stamp out,52Coiners, heavy penalties for,53Communion cup and cover (Exeter),78Copper tokens, seventeenth century, with goldsmith’s name,44Cork Marks illustrated,409Cream-jug, the,303Cream-pail, the,288Cups, standing,90Date letters of London Assay Office (1598-1835),359-385Date marks, eccentricities of alphabets,36;explanation of,34-39Delft salt cellars, Lambeth, Rouen, illustrated,161Dish, plum broth (1697), illustrated,217Dish ring or stand, Irish,342“Dollar” found on Irish silver,334Dollars, Spanish, legal tender with head of George III stamped on them,337Dryden receives bad coins from his publisher,54Dublin Marks illustrated,409Dutch silver—brandy cup in form like quaich,316Duty mark, the, explanation of,60Ecclesiastical plate,65-78Edinburgh Marks illustrated,405Edinburgh tea-table customs,303Earthenware emulating silver,169,249,262,294East India Company, teapot presented to,241;import of tea and teapots by,249Eighteenth-century Assay Offices,28Eighteenth-century beverages,253;salt cellars, types of,157Elizabethan flagons,107Elston, John, silversmith, Exeter,78Exeter Marks illustrated,81,115,117,209,273,391Exeter silver plate illustrated—Chalices, Elizabethan,67,71;Charles I,71Communion cup, George II,81Mug, George III,117Spoons,189Tankard, Queen Anne,115;George II,117Flagons, sixteenth-century,107Flaxman, John, teapot designed by,250Foreign mark, the,62Forgeries,220Fraud, cutting out old marks,275Fraud, possibilities of, in marks,63,359French influence in late eighteenth century,287Gamble, Ellis, goldsmith, master of Hogarth, his shop card,45Gibson, George, silversmith, York,113“Gin Street,” engraving by Hogarth,132Glasgow Marks illustrated,405Glasgow silver. Marks,404;quaich (1665) illustrated,313Glassworker, designs of the, utilized in silver,212Goble, Robert, silversmith, Cork, specimen illustrated,331;marks illustrated,409Goldsmiths’ Company, London, early power of,26;the true function of,35;salt cellars in possession of,146Hall-marks, explanation of,25-30Hall-marks of various Assay Offices,28Handle, the, of posset-pot and porringer,207Hanway, Jonas, condemns tea,254Harp handles in Irish silver,338;cup illustrated,331Hibernia, figure of, as a mark,33,334Higher standard mark, explanation of,49-59Hogarth, William, apprenticed to goldsmith,45;his satires on drinking,132House of Commons Select Committee on Hall-marking of Plate,25,27,153Hour-glass form of salt cellar illustrated,143Individuality of craftsmen’s work extinguished,43Initials of makers,43Innholders’ Company salt cellars,146Ions, I., silversmith, Exeter,74Irish goldsmiths,47Irish makers’ names,345,346Irish plate illustrated—Caster,331Centre-piece,335Cream-jugs,339Cream-pail,343Loving-cup,331Potato-ring,Cover of volumeIrish silver,329Irish standard mark,33Irish towns where silver was wrought,337Jug, stoneware (1570), with silver mounts,101Lambeth delft salt cellar,163Lamerie, Paul de, mark illustrated,251Lantern-shaped teapot (1670) illustrated,243Lavabo bowl illustrated,79Leigh standing cup, the,93“Lima” found on George II gold coins,337Lion’s head erased mark, when found on silver,51Locke, “Further Considerations Concerning the Raising the Value of Money,”55London hall-marks—Marks illustrated,129,135,197,205,217,231,251,269,291,349-385Table of date letters (1598-1835),351-355Table showing differences in shapes of shields,357Longfellow: poem on Paul Revere, silversmith,48Louis Seize style in table ornaments,287Loving-cup, the, and its ceremonial,94Lowndes’ “Essay for the Amendment of the Silver Coins,”53,55Lustre ware (Staffordshire) emulating silver,249Makers’ marks, explanation of,40Makers’ names, Irish silver, list of,345,346Marks illustrated—Birmingham,399Chester,395Cork,409Dublin,409Edinburgh,405Exeter,391Glasgow,405London,351-385Newcastle,399Norwich,395Sheffield,399York,395Marks on silver—a trade secret,38Marks stamped on silver, various,23-63Marks, the position of, as stamped on silver,359;to prevent fraud,275;used by various assay offices,29;where placed on spoons,193Mazer, the fifteenth century,86Mercers’ Company, Leigh Cup (1499) illustrated,91Monteith punch-bowl illustrated,135Mordaunt, Charles, Earl of Peterborough,134Morgan, Octavius, his pioneer work on marks,38Mug, the,119Newcastle-on-Tyne, date letters employed at,36,37;illustrated,397-399Newcastle-on-Tyne silver plate illustrated—Coffee-pot,243Spoon,185Nineteenth century, early, types of salt cellars,157Norwich Corporation salt cellar,149Norwich mark illustrated,395Norwich silver plate illustrated—Tall wine cup,125Paten, the, its form,69Pepys, Samuel, buries his silver plate at Bethnal Green,127Pepys standing cup and cover, the,101Peterborough, Earl of, his exploits,134Peterson, Peter, silversmith, Norwich,123Provincial Assay Offices reappointed,50Provincial offices ceased marking silver for five years,29,50Porcelain teapots the prototypes of silver,246,249Porringer, the,195-220“Portobello,” found on English silver coins,334Posset-pot, the,195-220Posset-pot, sixteenth-century Exeter College, Oxford,203Potato-ring, Irish,342Potter, the eighteenth-century, and the silversmith,169,249,262,294Pottery, seventeenth-century example of posset-cup,211Prices—Beakers,137Candlesticks,229,237Casters,297Coffee-pots,262Cream-jugs,308Cups, standing,137Dish rings,346Elizabethan jug,101Goblets,138Irish silver,346Jug, stoneware, silver mounts,101Loving-cups,137Mazers,89“Monteith,”138Porringers,219,220Posset-pots,219Potato-rings,346Punch-bowls,138Quaich,320Salt cellars,145,149,159,170,175Spoons, apostle,187,193;caddy,194;seal-top,194Standing cups,137Sugar-bowls,297Tankards,137Tea-caddies,261,265Tea-kettles,265Teapots,265Wine cups,138Punch-bowl, the,128Punch-bowl, historic American,47Puritans, destruction of objects of art by,70Quaich, the Scottish,316Queen Anne forgeries posset-pots,220Radcliff, J. R., silversmith, Exeter,74Revere, Paul, celebrated American silversmith,48Richards, Edmund, silversmith, Exeter,216Ring, potato or dish, Irish,342Romer, Edward, silversmith,294Salt cellars,139;classified list of types,154,157Salt cellars—Norwich Corporation,149Christ’s College, Cambridge,158;illustrated,143Clothworkers’ Company,146Goldsmiths’ Company,146Ironmongers’ Company,146Innholders’ Company,146Mercers’ Company,159;illustrated,151,155Skinners’ Company,146Vintners’ Company,146Scott, Sir Walter, quoted as to tea-leaves,304Scottish silver,311-327Scottish silver plate illustrated—Caster,317Coffee-pot,321Mug,313Quaich,313Tea-urn,327Scottish standard mark,35Seventeenth-century tankards,110Shapes of shields, differences in, table showing,357Sheffield Marks illustrated,398,399Sheffield “silver plated” or silver plate, definition,234Sheffield silver plate illustrated—Candlestick,235Shields, table showing differences in London Hall-marks,357Shute, William, silversmith, marks illustrated,361Silver mountings for wood vessels,86;for earthenware,86,98,101,109Skinners’ Company salt cellars,146Somerset House, the battle of,107Spanish dollars legal tender with head of George III stamped on them,337Spoons—Apostle,180,183;illustrated,185,189;prices,187Fiddle pattern,192Flat stem,188;illustrated,181Maidenhead,187Rat-tail,191;illustrated,189Seal-top,187;illustrated,185;prices,194Slipped in the stalk,188;illustrated,185Trifid,188;illustrated,185Spoons, placing of marks on,193Staffordshire silversmith’s designs,294Staffordshire lustre ware emulating silver,249Staffordshire potter’s emulation of silver plate,169,249,262,294Standard Marks,31-33Standard work on marks,34Standing cups,90Standing salt cellars,154“Sterling” found on Cork silver,334Stoneware jug, the, Elizabethan, with silver mounts,98,101Strong, James, silversmith, Exeter,78Sugar-bowls,287Sugar, silver boxes for,261Sumner salt cellar, the, illustrated,155Symonds, Pentecost, silversmith, Exeter,78Table customs, “below the salt,”141Tankards, seventeenth-century,110Tea advertisement, a quaint seventeenth-century,242Tea-caddies,258;evolution to cabinet-maker’s style,261Tea-drinking, excessive,254Teapot, the earliest known silver (1670),241Teapots,241Tea-strainers,304Tea-table manners, eighteenth-century,303Tea-urn, Scottish, 1778; illustrated,325“Tiger” ware, Elizabethan, with silver mounts,98Tokens, copper (seventeenth century) with goldsmiths’ names,46Town marks found on Scottish silver,315Trencher salt cellars,157Turner cup, the (1679), York Corporation plate,102“Vigo” found on Queen Anne’s guineas (1703),337Vyner, Sir Robert, piquant story of,44Wedgwood wooden models of silversmith’s designs,250Wesley, John, condemns tea,254West Malling jug, the Elizabethan (1581),101Wine cup, the Stuart,123Wine cup, illustrations of—James I,125Charles II,129Women’s petition to Parliament against coffee,245William III and the debasement of the coin,49York Corporation plate,102York Marks illustrated,395York silver plate illustrated—Tankards (Charles II),111Marks,395Printed in Great Britain byUNWIN BROTHERS, LIMITED, LONDON AND WOKING
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Henry VII(1485-1509)1490Mazer,871499Leigh Cup, Mercers’ Company,911500Hour-glass standing salt,143Elizabeth(1558-1603)1570Stoneware jug with silver mounts,951572Flagon,1051572Chalice and cover,671573Chalice and cover,711575Chalice and cover,671585Standing cup and cover,951599Flagon,1051601Bell-shaped salt cellar,147James I(1603-1625)1606Beaker,121c.1620Tall wine cup (no date letter),125Charles I(1625-1649)1631Wine cup,1291631Beaker,1211637Candlestick,2231638Salt cellar, Mercers’ Company,1511640Chalice and cover,711648Apostle spoon (St. Andrew),185Commonwealth(1649-1660)1651Spoon, slipped in the stalk,1811652Spoon, seal-top,1851653Porringer,1971660Spoon, Puritan,181Charles II(1660-1685)1660Cup,751662Posset-cup and cover,1971665Spoon, flat stem,1811665Wine cup,1291666Porringer,2011669Porringer,1971670Teapot,2431671Beaker,1211672Porringer,2091673Candlesticks,2271674Apostle spoon (St. Simon Zelotes), Exeter,1891677Pepys standing cup,991679Spoon, lobed end,1891679Tankard,1111679Caudle cup and cover,2011679Octagonal salt cellar (Mercers’ Company),1551680Patens,791682Snuffers and tray,2311683Posset-pot and cover,2051684Tankards (York),1111685Posset-pot and cover,213William III(1689-1702)1692Flagons,751694Loving-cup (Cork),3311697Dish and ladle,2171699Caster (Dublin),3311701Caster,2691701Tankard,111Anne(1702-1714)1702Spoon trefoil top, rat’s-tail (Exeter),1891702Lavabo bowl,791703Spoon, trefoil top (Newcastle),1851703Spoon, trefoil top,1851704Candlestick,2311704“Monteith” punch-bowl,1351705Tankard (Exeter),1151705Scottish quaich,3131706Candlestick (Exeter),2311707Porringer (Exeter),2091712Caster,2691712Trencher salt cellar,1651714Paten (Exeter),79George I(1714-1727)1718Tea-caddy (Exeter),2591721Candlestick,2311726Cream-jug,305George II(1727-1760)1728Caster (Exeter),2731729Small communion cup and cover,811730Tea-caddy,2591730Coffee-pot,2551730Trencher salt cellar,1651733Mug (Exeter),1171736Jug, helmet-shaped,3011737Coffee-pot (Newcastle),2431740Centre-piece (Dublin),3351740Cream-jug (Dublin),3391741Coffee-pot,Frontispiece1745Teapot,2471746Kettle and stand,2511746Caster (Edinburgh),3171747Caster,2771748Tankard (Exeter),1171758Trencher salt cellar,1651760Tea-caddies and sugar box,2631760Irish potato-ring,Design on cover of volume[Transcriber's Note: The design did not appear on the cover of this edition.]1740-1775Bread-baskets,289George III(1760-1820)1760Caster,2771761Centre-piece,2791761Cake-basket,2911764Cream-jug,3051764Cream-jug (Cork),3391765Circular salt cellar with club feet,1651769Salt cellar with glass liner,1671769Coffee-pot (Edinburgh),3211770Cream-pail (Dublin),3431771Salt cellar, perforated work,1731771Caster,2771773Sugar-bowl,2831775Coffee-pot,2551775Tea-caddy,2591775Centre-piece,2791776Cream-pail,2851778Tea-urn (Edinburgh),3251779Cream-jug,3051780Cream-jug,3051781-1790Salt cellars, tureen form,1711782Candlestick (Sheffield),2351782Cream-pail,2851784Tea-caddy,2591785Salt cellar, circular,1651785Salt cellar with glass liner,1671786Salt cellar, cloven-hoof feet,1671786Sugar-bowl,2851789Salt cellar with club feet,1671789Salt cellar, circular,1711790Cream-jug,3091790Mug (Edinburgh),3131791-1797Salt cellar, boat-shaped,1711790-1800Coffee-pots and teapots,2551800Cream-jug,3091803Salt cellar, washing tub form,1731804Cream-jug,3091809Cream-jug,3091810Salt cellar, Pompeian design,173George IV(1820-1830)1818Salt cellar, tureen form,173William IV(1830-1837)1832Salt cellar, circular,173
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