Old London silver, its history, its makers and its marks (1903)
Howard, Montague · New York, Scribner · leaf 223
s death (174=)): Gather the drippings and leavings out of the several cups and glasses andsalvers into one. We have already spoken of three-cornered kettle trays andoval tea-pot trays in the chapter on kettles and tea-pots. Some of the Queen Anne salvers have the hall-marks onthe top, but for over… … CHAPTER IX Cake-baskets and Epergnes CAKE-BASKETS IN the time of George II (i727-1760) oval pierced basketswith handles were introduced. They were originallybread-baskets, which accounts for the wheat-sheaves oftenseen in their decoration. They are now used for fruit orcake, and for some years have…
Plate · Silverwork · Hallmarks
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