Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph), b. 1860 · London, T.F. Unwin · leaf 160
rs. At what date exactly these itinerant pewterersceased to go round to the farm-houses recasting thepewter it is impossible to say. The necessity forthem ceased when stronger spoons came into being,and when crockery, with its cheapness and its gaudydecoration, superseded the metal plates and… … JACOBEAN CANDLESTICK.[From the collection of A. /•. rfe Navarro, Esq. 157 OLD PEWTER AND THE PEWTERERS 159 pots and other vessels of copper or of brass, andrepairing plate and tinned articles generally. As a rule they seem to have gone on annualrounds, and to have timed their visits, which…
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