The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 179
e whip, the pillory, were penalties inflicted ongoldsmiths in contraband trade who altered the standard, concealed copperbeneath the gold, or substituted false for precious stones. 31 GOLD AND SILVER WORK, It, indeed, seems remarkable that wliile for the most part other tradeswere subject to the… … Fig. 124.—Gold Cross, chased. (A French Work of the Seventeenth Century.) of gold, it belonged to the goldsmiths trade. The goldsmith made, by turns,spurs as the spur-maker ; armour and arms, as the armourer; girdles andclasps, as the belt-maker and the clasp-maker. However, there is reason to
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