The Connoisseur: An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors (April, 1916) (1916)
C. R. Grundy, Editor (St. James's, London) · leaf 16
t pair were presented by Sir William Withers. 144 inches in diameter. No donor’s name appears As in the example in the collection of the Merchant upon it, but Mr. Towse has discovered in the Court Taylors, branches have been added later, the donor Book a reference to it as having been given by Sir… … The second pair were given by Sir John Buckworth, maker, of the same date, was given by Sir William Sheriff of London. On the base is the following Coles, Master in 1697. inscription :— When the eighteenth century dawned the Com- Amicitiz Tessera pany’s prosperity began to increase, and the members…
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