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The pewter collector : a guide to English pewter with some reference to foreign work (1921)

Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph), b. 1860 · London : Herbert Jenkins · leaf 100

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p. Henry VIII. Makersmark N. E., with cardinals hat. (b) Elizabethan spoon, found in crypt of Gloucester Cathedral. (c) Slip-top spoon, found in the Thames. Date 1679.{d) Pied-de-biche, rat-tail. W. L., 1668.[e) Pied-de-biche, rat-tail. I. N., with fleur-de-lys and date 1678.(/) Rat-tailed… … THE STANDARDS OF PEWTER 8i just as well to get a strip of ordinary commercial sheet lead,a piece of sheet pewter of known quality, and a piece ofBritannia metal. Then with the knife—a broken blade isquite useful for this—draw it slowly and steadily along themetals in order, lead i, pewter 2,…

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