Old London silver, its history, its makers and its marks (1903)
Howard, Montague · New York, Scribner · leaf 117
85 86 OLD LONDON SILVER … No. 40 (about 1680) In the first half of the sixteenth century a salt was madein the shape of an hour-glass, and it sometimes had a cover.Christs College, Cambridge, has one of this character, hall-mark of the year 1507. At least half a dozen of thesesalts exist. About the middle of this century…
Plate · Silverwork · Hallmarks
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