Old London silver, its history, its makers and its marks (1903)
Howard, Montague · New York, Scribner · leaf 210
havestraight spouts (No. 119) but generally curved ; the handlesare almost always of ebony, but sometimes of ivory. For the last one hundred and fifty years, the marks are onthe bottom when the coffee-pot is made of one piece ofsilver; but if made of two pieces (in which case the bottomis said to… … JUGS Ordinary German stoneware jugs, often called tiger jugsfrom their resemblance to a tigers skin, were frequentlymounted with an elaborate neck andcover, and sometimes with a foot,by the English silversmiths of thesixteenth century. They were usedfor hot spiced drinks, and precededthe tankard.…
Plate · Silverwork · Hallmarks
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