Old London silver, its history, its makers and its marks (1903)
Howard, Montague · New York : Scribner · leaf 125
lls Horn Book,published in 1609, speaks of the uni-corn, whose horn is worth a city. A medieval prince whopossessed a small piece of this horn would attach it to achain, dip it into the wine before partaking, and thus makethe poison test. The horns of the narwhal and rhinoceros were sold bythe… … No. 50 (middle of fourteenth century)At Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. From Cambridge Plate Catalogue
Plate, English · Silverwork · Hallmarks
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