English goldsmiths and their marks, a history of the goldsmiths and plate workers of England, Scotland, and Ireland; with over thirteen thousand marks reproduced in facsimile from authentic examples of plate and tables of date-letters and other hall-marks used in the assay offices of the United kingdom (1921)
Jackson, Charles James, Sir, 1849-1923 · London, Macmillan and co. limited · leaf 335
must of course be made for the difference in size ofthe Ransom cup and the Dutch church beakers ; the size of theletters in each case being commensurate with the size of the vessel. The large-size inscription illustrated in the first two lines below isreproduced from the Ransom cup, around which it… … It is submitted that the Ransom cup of the Norwich Corporationand the four beakers from the Dutch church all emanated from PeterPetersons shop, and that therefore the mark of the orb and cross in ashaped shield was his mark. The Author is also of opinion that thestanding salt of the year 1567-8…
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