Front matter
Reading edition
COMPANION VOLUME BY THE SAME AUTHOR
CHATS ON OLD SILVER
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
The Marks stamped upon Silver
Ecclesiastical Plate
The Mazer, the Standing Cup, the Flagon, the Tankard, the Beaker, the Wine Cup
The Salt Cellar
The Spoon
The Posset Pot, the Porringer
The Candlestick
The Teapot, the Coffee Pot, the Tea Caddy
The Caster, the Sugar Bowl, the Cream Pail, the Cake Basket
The Cream Jug
Scottish Silver
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 published 1920
Second Impression 1924
(All rights reserved)
TO MY FRIEND
WALTER IDRIS,
IN APPRECIATION OF
KINDRED RECOGNITION