Chapter III: Appendix

Some Account of the Blacksmiths’ Company and their
Exhibition at Ironmongers’ Hall 61-74

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PLATE PAGE

I.—_Frontispiece_: Arms of the Ironmongers’ Company

II.—(_a_) The Old Church of Allhallows Staining, Mark Lane, 1807,
now removed (except the tower), and the parish united
with St. Olave, Hart Street; Ironmongers’ Hall is in
the parish of Allhallows 1

(_b_) The Church of St. Luke’s, Old Street, Middlesex,
1807; erected on land part of the Ironmongers’
estate; consecrated on St. Luke’s Day, 1733 1

III.—(_a_) One of the ancient silver-gilt salt-cellars 12

(_b_) One of two fifteenth-century maple-wood mazer-bowls,
with silver-gilt mountings 12

IV.—A cocoa-nut cup, or hanap, of sixteenth-century date, with
silver-gilt bands and mountings, and 8½ inches high 18

V.—(_a_) The “Estridge,” or ostrich, carved in wood, about
4 feet high, which was used in the Lord Mayor’s
pageant of 1629, and now preserved at the Hall; it
has a horseshoe in its beak 26

(_b_) A bronze token representing the fourteen almshouses
erected under Sir Robert Geffery’s trust, in the
Kingsland Road, 1713-1714 26

VI.—The hearse-cloth, or Ironmongers’ funeral pall, of crimson
velvet and cloth-of-gold tissue, the gift of John
Gyva, 1515, 6 feet 5 inches long by 22 inches wide;
the centre of each side represents “The Blessed
Virgin Mary in Glory”—Plate I. 34

VII.—(_a_, _b_, _c_) Ditto, Plate II.—The Three Saints 42

VIII.—Ditto, Plate III.—Monstrance at each end 50

IX.—(_a_) The Devil gives St. Dunstan a morning call 60

(_b_) St. Dunstan compels the “Evil One” to sign a treaty
of peace 60

X.—St. Dunstan gives a practical reminder of the power of
the horseshoe 65

XI.—(_a_) The “Evil One” on his rounds sees the effect of the
treaty 69

(_b_) The horseshoe puts to flight the Devil and pursues
the “Evil One” and all his evil companions 69

THE CHURCH OF ST. LUKE THE EVANGELIST, OLD STREET, MIDDLESEX, 1807. (See page 57.)]

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE IRONMONGERS’ COMPANY.