Old London silver, its history, its makers and its marks (1903)
Howard, Montague · New York, Scribner · leaf 76
ember, 1835, is interesting: Apsley House. —Few persons are acquainted with the splendours of thisnoble mansion. The rooms present the most magnificent appearance that can beimagined, and never were they set out to such advantage as recently, when theKing dined with the Duke of Wellington. The… … GOLDSMITHS HALL OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ception of. Fancy a room 200 feet by 80 lined throughout with yellow silk, andcovered with pictures of the old masters; the cornices and ceiling profusely gilded,yet relieved by oblong plates of plain ground glass. At either extremity an oakensideboard with…
Plate · Silverwork · Hallmarks
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