Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph), b. 1860 · London, T.F. Unwin · leaf 126
ngs. In trenchers that have been entirely wroughtby hand from a circular disk, the centre point fromwhich the circle was struck can be easily distin-guished, and so also in the case of many plates. In pewter finished in the lathe the marks of thetool can frequently be discerned, especially on… … 123 HOW IS PEWTER MADE? 125 for general use. For this reason its use was subjectto restrictions. A man, for instance, who had anorder for tankards would be within his right in usingit, while if detected in making saucers on the lathehe was liable to have them all forfeited. To-day itis, perhaps,…
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