Historic silver of the Colonies and its makers (1917)
Bigelow, Francis Hill, 1859-1933 · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 472
coastinground the table in front of the guests who filledtheir glasses and passed the decanter. The Other Objects 441 ^coaster name coaster was thus applied to them. Acoaster (Illus. 324) one of a pair belonging to thewriter, made by Edw^ard Lowe with the Londondate-letter for 1772-73, is pierced,… … 324. London, 1772-73. D. 4I in. large quantities throughout the century. Theywere deemed a necessity on a well-appointedtable, so much so, that recourse was had to theexpedient of exchanging or melting older plate.There was hardly a house in England, if itboasted of any plate at all, without a…
Silverwork -- United States
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