Old London silver, its history, its makers and its marks (1903)
Howard, Montague · New York, Scribner · leaf 115
at those who satabove the salt-cellar were of high rank as compared withthose below. Bishop Hall (1574-1656) in one of hissatires thus alludes to this old custom : A gentle squire would gladly entertainInto his house some trencher-Chaplain:Some willing man that might instruct his sons,And that… … We know from descriptions that exist of these salts thatthey must have been very imposing articles of plate, oftenbeing made of gold and set with jewels. For example, whenCharles I came to the throne in 1625 he sold a good deal ofthe gold and silver plate that belonged to the royal collec-tion.…
Plate · Silverwork · Hallmarks
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