Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph), b. 1860 · London, T.F. Unwin · leaf 146
These tankards or flagonswould have lasted for years if they had been kept asthe maker left them, viz., with a broad, flat base.The added feet caused the weight to be supported atthree or four points only, and the weight of thevessel, especially when full of liquid, pressing on thefeet, brought on… … V. 143 THE CARE AND REPAIR OF PEWTER 145 to have feet as part of the original design, it will befound that the body and the bottom are more thanusually substantial. There is a very massive speci-men in the Victoria and Albert Museum, SouthKensington, which is well worth studying in everyway. Its…
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