Hall marks on gold and silver plate. To which is now added a history of l'orfévrerie française, Volume 631875 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
18 karats 2-handled cup 22 karats alloy Apostle Spoon Ashford assay mark ASSAY OFFICE LETTERS assayed and marked assayer Britannia Castle Letter CLAUSE coins copper countermark Cup and Cover cupel CYCLE Date Letter Date Mark deniers Ditto Dublin Duty mark dwts engraved étuis FIVE STAMPS FOUR STAMPS France George George III gold and silver gold or silver Goldsmiths grains hall marks Harp crowned Henry Henry VI Hibernia jewels leopard's head crowned Letter Initials Letter Nil Initials Letter Sovereign's head Lion passant lion rampant Lion's head erased Lionel de Rothschild livres London maker Maker's Initials maker's mark manufacture marc metal millims Mont de Piété ordinances ounce penalty pennyweights piece of plate placed punch R. T. Frere repoussé Salt Cellar seal top shield Silver gilt silver plate silver wares Sovereign's head Initials Staniforth statute Stoneware Jug Tankard Temple Frere town troy troy weight Wardens weight
Passagens conhecidas
Página 31 - 2. Declares each of the following offences to be FELONY and punishable with transportation for seven or fourteen years, or to be imprisoned with or without hard labour for any term not exceeding three years. The
Página 59 - and tops for castors; cruets or glasses appertaining to any sort of stands or frames ; buttons for wearing apparel ; solid sleeve buttons; solid studs not having a bevelled edge soldered thereon ; wrought seals, blank seals, bottle tickets ; shoe clasps; patch boxes; salt spoons, salt shovels, salt ladles; tea spoons, tea strainers ; caddy ladles ; buckles (shirt buckles or
Página 167 - The weight of distilled water at its greatest density which the litre is capable of containing was called kilogramme, of which the thousandth part, under the name gramme, was adopted as the unit of weight. The multiples of these measures, proceeding in decimal progression, are distinguished by the employment of the prefixes
Página 4 - or of better at the pleasure of him to whom the work belongeth ; and that none work worse silver than money ; and that no manner of vessel of silver depart out of the hands of the workers, until it be assayed by the wardens of the craft; and further, that it be marked with the
Página 119 - district should be assayed at that office. The peculiar mark of the Company is a tree growing out of a mount, with a bell pendent on the sinister branch, and a bird on the top branch, over the trunk of the tree a salmon in fesse, in its mouth an annulet. The Marks used on
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Página 12 - should be for this plate the figure of a lion's head erased,* and the figure of a woman, commonly called Britannia ; and a distinct variable mark to be used by the Warden of the said mystery, to denote the year in which such plate was made
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Página 59 - tea strainers ; caddy ladles ; buckles (shirt buckles or brooches before mentioned excepted) ; pieces to garnish cabinets, or knife cases, or tea chests, or bridles, or stands, or frames. NOTE.—All these articles are excepted, and are liable to be assayed; and all articles liable to be assayed, except watch cases, are chargeable with duty.