Old London silver, its history, its makers and its marks (1903)
Howard, Montague · New York : Scribner · leaf 56
n canbe seen at Knole and Windsor Castle. In the time ofCharles II three disastrous events proved very detrimental tothe goldsmiths trade, namely: the Plague (i66s), the Fire,(1666), and the closing of the Exchequer by the king in1672, which ruined many of the banker-goldsmiths. The closing of the… … GEORGE HERIOT No. 6(1563-1624) Goldsmith and jeweler to James i of EnglandFounder of Henots Hospital at Edinburgh, and the hero in Scotts Fortunes of Nigel INTRODUCTION 33 time it caused a financial panic, in which the goldsmithswere great sufferers. In the time of William 111 (1688-1702) a law was…
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