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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 19

CHAPTER I

THE MARKS STAMPED UPON SILVER 23

CHAPTER II

ECCLESIASTICAL PLATE 65

CHAPTER III

THE MAZER, THE STANDING CUP, THE FLAGON, THE TANKARD,
THE BEAKER, THE WINE CUP 83

CHAPTER IV

THE SALT CELLAR 139

CHAPTER V

THE SPOON 177

CHAPTER VI

THE POSSET-POT, THE PORRINGER 195

CHAPTER VII

THE CANDLESTICK 221

CHAPTER VIII

THE TEAPOT, THE COFFEE-POT, THE TEA-CADDY 239

CHAPTER IX

THE CASTER, THE SUGAR-BOWL, THE CREAM-PAIL, THE CAKE-BASKET 267

CHAPTER X

THE CREAM-JUG 299

CHAPTER XI

SCOTTISH SILVER 311

CHAPTER XII

IRISH SILVER 329

APPENDIX, CONTAINING TABLES OF DATE LETTERS.
LONDON (1598-1835) 347

TABLE OF DIFFERENCES IN SHIELDS. LONDON
(ELIZABETH TO GEORGE V) 357

ILLUSTRATIONS OF MARKS: LONDON, PROVINCIAL,
SCOTTISH, AND IRISH 359

INDEX 411

ILLUSTRATIONS

George II Coffee Pot, 1741. Maker, Peter Archambo. _Frontispiece_

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CHAPTER II.--ECCLESIASTICAL PLATE

Elizabethan Chalices 67
Elizabethan Chalice; Charles I Chalice 71
Charles II Cup; William III Flagons 75
Charles II and Queen Anne Patens 79
George II Communion Cup 81