INDEX
Reading edition
Abbotsford, Scott's introduction of gas at, 116
Adam design, example of hot water jug, 228
Adam style of design, the, 85
Addison omits Shakespeare from list of great poets, 51
Advertisement of Pinchbeck (1732), 54
Allan David, copyist of old masters, 21
Anonymity of Sheffield plated ware, 289
Arrows, the crossed, as a mark, various types of, 286
Artistic value of old Sheffield plate, 60, 61
Assay offices, examples of marks used at, 274-282
"Below the salt," its meaning, 136
Birmingham Assay Office, institution of, 41
Birmingham— hall marks on silver plate, 281 its silver plated marks registered at Sheffield, 68 silver platers, rise of, 68
Boulsover, Thomas (1704-1788), inventor of Sheffield silver plating, 46 obituary notice of, 47
Boulton, Matthew, Birmingham (Boulton and Fothergill), (M. Boulton and Co.), 68
Buckle makers, the, 262
Buttons made by Thomas Boulsover, 47, 53
Button makers in Dublin (1792), 73
Cabinet makers, French, stamped marks of, 237
Caddies, tea, and their makers, 196
Cadman, Robert, and Co., (Sheffield), 89
Cake baskets, Sheffield plated, 165
Candelabra— and candlesticks, 79-131 old silver, London makers of, 274
Candelabrum, the— its varieties, 90 the tri-form, 115
Candlestick— the chamber, 119 the table, 120
Candlesticks— early types, 81 from eighteenth century Pattern Books, 74, 86, 89 old silver, London makers of, 274 Sheffield plated, their price, 269
Carteret's "Drunken Administration," 48
Centrepiece, the, 245
Centrepieces, old silver, London makers of, 274
Chair-backs, a test to apply to their beauty, 109
Chester hall marks on silver plate, 277
Chester—Liverpool, and Birmingham silversmiths' work assayed at, 278
China factories, Derby and Worcester, origin of, 49
Chippendale chair-backs, the test of their beauty, 109
Christie's, price of Sheffield plated candlesticks sold at, 269
Close plating, 261
Coasters (decanter stands), 166
Coffee pots, 206
Coffee pots, old silver, London makers of, 274
Contemporary silver designs in Sheffield plated period, 274, 278, 281, 282
Continental trade, Sheffield platers and, 154
Copyists of old masters, 21
Cream jugs, old silver, London makers of, 274
Danger of public clamour for marks, 293
Date of examples, Sheffield plated, absence of proof of, 289
Death penalties for tampering with silver plate, Geo. III (1815), 48
Decanter stands, 166
Decadence in design, in candlesticks, 126
Design Book, Sheffield Plate, eighteenth century, 139
Designer, the, his greatest asset, what to omit, 109
Destruction of old Sheffield plate, 253
Die work in Sheffield plating, 82
Dies, destruction of old Sheffield plate, 250
Dinner table, passing of the, 254
Dish rings, Sheffield plated, 177
Drunken habits of eighteenth century, 189
Duties on silver, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, 48
Economic substitution, 22
Electro plating, its invention, 290
Empire style candelabrum, 116
English craftsmanship, imitativeness of, 27
English porcelain factories, origin of Derby and Worcester, 49
Engraving, not an imitative art, 28
Engravings, when printed in colours, imitative art, 28
Epigram by Porson on Pitt, 189 on weight in plate, 202
European imitativeness, 25
Exeter hall marks on silver plate, 277
Factory system, the, 268
Fashion of buckles, decline of the, 263
Foreign policy, Carteret's pronouncement on his, 48
Foreign silver plating in Sheffield style, 290
Fraud by silversmiths, penalties against, 35
French— marks on silver-plated ware, 290 plating, an early process, 39 plated ware, regulations regarding, 209
Garrick, David, his revival of Shakespeare, 50
Gas introduced to light Abbotsford, 116
George IV and the fashion of buckles, 263
German silver and other white metals, 267
Gin bottle covered with bead work, 26
Glass designs imitate silver, 35
Glass, Venetian, copied in Germany, 25
Goltzins simulates prints of old masters, 20
Grease pans, their indication of date, 99
Guido picture fabricated by Mignard, 20
Hall marks on old silver, illustrated, 275, 279, 283
Hancock, Joseph (Sheffield), his share in developing silver plating, 61
Herculaneum— design from, 116 influence of art of, 116
Hogarth, "the Scottish," David Allan, 21
Imitativeness, European, 25
Imitation— as a fine art, 19 of hall marks by Sheffield platers, 289, 290 decadence of wood engraving, 41
Imitations of Sheffield plate, 158
Inkstands, 181
Invention of silver plating by fusion, 45
Ireland, silver plating by fusion carried on in, 71
Irish dish or potato rings, 177
Irish Government offers premium (1783) for plated ware made in Ireland, 71
Irish hall marks on silver plate, 281, 282
Irish plated skewer marked "Sly," 262
Jackson, John, copyist of Reynolds, 21
Jugs, hot water, 227
Kettles, tea, 205
Knick-knacks, a world of (eighteenth century), 54
Knife handle of stamped Sheffield plate, 50
Lamb, Charles, quoted, 136
Liverpool silversmiths' work assayed at Chester, 278
Liverseege, Henry, copyist of Vandyck, 21
London, silver plating carried on at, 68
Louis XIV— orders silver plate to be melted, 23 his extravagant use of silver plate, 23
Marks— on French cabinet work, 237 on porcelain, 232 on Sheffield plate, 62, 63, 231;(illustrated), 286-293 (Sheffield plate) fear of platers to stamp any, 64, 67 on Sheffield plate resembling silver marks, 62, 63 on silver, position of, 273
Melting down of old Sheffield plate, 253
Mignard fabricates a Guido picture, 20
Missionary-fostered art, 26
Mustard pot, the, 148
Newcastle-upon-Tyne— hall marks on silver plate, 277 silversmiths at, 278
Nottingham, silver plated ware made at, 68
Nozzles, removable, their indication of date, 96
Old masters, drawings of, copied by David Allan, 21
Old masters, prints of, simulated by Goltzins, 20
Original silver plate design copied by platers, 143
Ornament— spiral, its abuse, 106 useless, failure of, 110
Parliamentary Committee on conduct of assay offices (1773), 63
Parsons and Co., Pattern Book, 181
Patch boxes, Sheffield plated, 54
Pattern Books, eighteenth century, silver platers', 74, 86, 89, 139
Penalties— counterfeiting Duty Mark (1815) punishable by death, 48 for fraud in old plate, 36, 62, 63 for wrongly stamping Sheffield plate, 67
Petition of the buckle makers, the, 264
Pinchbeck, Christopher, and his imitations, 54
Pipe lighter— Sheffield plate, 241 illustrated, 239
Pitt, epigrams by Porson on, 189
Plating, silver— early, 35 pre-fusion period, 35, 39 process described, 58 used fraudulently, 35
Pompeii, influence of art of, 116
Poor relations and their foibles, 136
Porcelain factories, Derby and Worcester, origin of, 49
Potato rings, Sheffield plated, 177
Potters, copy of silversmiths' designs by, 28, 31
Pottery, French, supplants silver plate, 24
Pounce pot, the, and its use, 182
Prince of Wales's feathers used in design, 153
Process of Sheffield silver plating described, 58
Rise in value of old Sheffield plate, 269
Romney picture of Serena (Miss Sneyd), 119
Ruskin and copies of Turner drawings, 22
"Salt, below the," its meaning, 136
Salt cellar, the, 135 the new style, 147
Sauce boats, old silver, London makers of, 274
Scott, Sir Walter, his introduction of gas at Abbotsford, 116
Scottish hall marks on silver plate, 281
Seams a test of genuineness in Sheffield plate, 293
Sevrès porcelain makers' marks, 232
Shakespeare neglected by Addison and Steele, 51 revival of study of, 50
Sheffield— Assay Office, institution of, 40, 41 hall marks on silver plate, 277 origin of silver plating at, 39
Sheffield plate— old, destruction of, 253 wonderful technique of, 161
Sheffield platers— as to their originality, 143 deterred from placing any marks, 64, 67
Sheffield silver plate, makers of, eighteenth century, 278
Sheffield, silver plating process described, 58
Silver— duties in eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, 48 price of, in eighteenth century, 47 lustre ware imitates silver plate, 35 marks, simulation of, by marks on Sheffield plate, 62, 63 plate designs copied by platers, 143 plate made at Sheffield assayed in London, 63 plate, value of hall marks on, 274 plating at Sheffield, origin of, 39 plating by fusion, its invention, 45 plating, early, 35 plating, the great period, 73
Silversmiths— copy of potters' designs by, 28, 31 list of late eighteenth century, 77 (London) who influenced Sheffield platers, 274
Simulation in art, 25, 28
Smith, J. R., engraving of Serena after Romney, 119
Spiral forms in candelabra, 100
Spectator, advertisement in (1712), 140
Spurious candelabra and their errors, 95
Steele, Richard, omits Shakespeare from list of great poets, 51
Steel toys, the, of Sheffield, 140
Sugar basin, the, 210 basins, old silver, London makers of, 274
Supper table, the, 238
Taper holders, 181
Tea and coffee sets, 201
Tea caddies and their makers, 196
Tea kettles, 205
Teapots, 189 old silver, London makers of, 274
Tea urn, the, 202
Technique, wonderful, of Sheffield plate, 161
Tinder boxes, Sheffield plated, 286
Toasted cheese dishes, old silver, London makers of, 274
Trencher salts, their use, 147
Tureens— old silver, London makers of, 274 soup, 220
Turner drawings, facsimiles of, 22
Tutenag, an alloy of antimony and zinc, 267
Urn, the tea, 202
Utility the true test of ornament, 110
Value of old Sheffield plate, 269
Ward, his replicas of Turner drawings, 22
Wedgwood, Josiah— shell-forms, adoption of, 31 carved wood models, use of, 31 indebted to metal-workers of Sheffield, 32
White metals, German silver, etc., 267
Wine coolers, old silver, London makers of, 274
Wine labels, Sheffield plated, 53
Wood engraving, decadence of, 41
Worcester china, workmen's marks on, 289
York, silversmiths at, 278
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Chats on Old Silver. By Arthur Hayden. With a frontispiece, 99 full-page Illustrations, and illustrated table of marks.
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Chats on Old Sheffield Plate. By Arthur Hayden. With frontispiece and 58 full-page Illustrations, together with makers' marks.
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Old plated ware has, by reason of its artistic excellence and its technique, deservedly won favour with collectors. The art of making plated ware, which originated at Sheffield (hence the name of "Sheffield plate"), was continued at Birmingham and London, where a considerable amount of "old Sheffield plate" was made, in the manner of its first inventors, by welding sheets of silver upon copper. The manufacture lasted roughly a hundred years. Its best period was from 1776 (American Declaration of Independence) to 1830 (Accession of William IV). The author shows reasons why this old Sheffield plate should be collected, and the volume is illustrated with many examples giving various styles and the development of the art, together with makers' marks. Candlesticks and candelabra, tea-caddies, sugar-baskets, salt-cellars, teapots, coffee-pots, salvers, spoons, and many other articles shown and described in the volume indicate the exquisite craftsmanship of the best period. The work stands as a companion volume to the author's "Chats on Old Silver," the standard practical guide to old English silver collecting.
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