Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph), b. 1860 · London, T.F. Unwin · leaf 166
will standeven with a 12 lb. weight at the one end against a£ lb. at the other to the singular advantage ofthemselves. In this Act London quality was made the stan-dard for both pewter and brass, under penalty offorfeiture. The deceivable hawkers, in spite of Acts ofParliament, still continued to… … ROSEWATER DISH AND EWER.(From the collection of F. A. White, Esq.) 163 OLD PEWTER AND THE PEWTERERS 165 prohibitive restrictions against foreign work andworkmen. All through the history of the craft the keynote isprotection of the most rigidly selfish kind. TheLondon pevvterers were very jealous as…
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