Old London silver, its history, its makers and its marks (1903)
Howard, Montague · New York : Scribner · leaf 113
those who satabove the salt-cellar were of high rank as compared withthose below. Bishop Hall (i =,74-1656) 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 would… … No. 38. Bell Salt (1591). 9i^ inches high Sold at the Dunn-Gardner Sale, April, 1902, for j£6oo 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 1 came to the throne in…
Plate, English · Silverwork · Hallmarks
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