Old London silver, its history, its makers and its marks (1903)
Howard, Montague · New York : Scribner · leaf 60
nta-tion, consisting of an engraved wreath (as a rule surround-ing a crest or coat of arms), was occasionally seen on articleswhich otherwise were perfectly plain. At this time largeplain tankards were common. In the first half of Charles Ils reign a popular form ofdecoration consisted of tulip… … SIR ROBERT VYNER No. 7 (1631- Goldsmith, banker and Lord Mayor of London (1674) Was called the Prince of Goldsmiths. He lost ^£416,724 by the closing of the Exchequer in 1672, but this did not impair his credit. Evelyn in his Diary (1679) alludes to him as the ^eat banker. He made the regalia for…
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