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 484
mentionedin the above list it may be said that their work was largely influenced bythat of Mathew and Coton. There are no less than three goldsmiths of the name of John Peardmentioned in the Borough Records for the latter half of the 17th century.Examples of marks attributed to one or other of them… … SEALS OF THE BOROUGH OF BARNSTAPLE. said to have been in use from a.d. 1272 till 1624-5. From 1625 until theend of the 17th century, the mark of a triple-turreted tower (as hereillustrated) was granted to Barnstaple as its arms, and, in a modifiedform, was used as the town mark. In the earlier…
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