Hall marks on gold & silver plate

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HALL MARKS ON PLATE.
in 1722, and was succeeded by Francis Nelme in that year, who
adopted the satne monogram and re-entered his name at the same
house in 1739.
1697. John Bodington, goldsmith and plate-worker, at the
"
Mitre" in Foster Lane, entered his name at the <strong>Hall</strong> in 1697. There
are several examples of his plate extant. His mark had a mitre
above his initials. Edmund Bodington succeeded in 1727 at the
same house.
1697. William Gamble was a celebrated goldsmith and plateworker
living in Foster Lane. He entered his name at the <strong>Hall</strong> in
April, 1697, but his mark for the old standard, WG crowned in a
circle, is found on the copper plate at Goldsmiths' <strong>Hall</strong> struck between
1675 and 1696. His Britannia mark of GA crowned in a circle
is frequently met with in the latter part of the seventeenth and commencement
of the eighteenth century, and many fine examples of
his plate have come under our notice Monteiths, cups, tankards,
etc. He was succeeded by his son, Ellis Gamble, who removed to
the " Golden Angel, Cranbourn Alley, Lester Fields," who doubtless
adopted the same mark, as it was only obligatory to use the first two
letters of the surname, so there was no occasion of a re-entry, a notice
of the change being sent to the <strong>Hall</strong>. Hogarth was apprenticed to
Mr. Ellis Gamble, silversmith, in 171 2, when he was fifteen years
of age, and remained with him for six years, his time having expired.
It was there he learned the art of plate-engraving. Shop bills of
Gamble's engraved by his famous apprentice, are much sought after
by collectors of engravings.* Hogarth died 1764.
1697. David Willaume came to England about 1686, and commenced
business as a goldsmith and plate-worker m Pall Mall. His
mark is found on the copper plate previous to 1697, and he entered
his name at the <strong>Hall</strong> for the New Standard in April, 1697. In 1720
he removed to the " Golden Ball," in St. James's Street, where he
had "running cashes," or, in other words, became a banker. In 1739
he again entered his name at the <strong>Hall</strong>. He was one of the Protestants
who fled from Metz after the revocation of the Edict of
Nantes, declared October 24, 1685.
i6gg. Pierre Plat el, goldsmith and plate-worker, entered his
name at the <strong>Hall</strong> in 1699, living in the "Pell Mell." He was one
of the Huguenots who escaped to England after the revocation of
the Edict of Nantes. He was much patronised, and produced some
artistic pieces of plate, among which may be specially noted the
standard gold ewer and salver, of elegant form and workmanship,
in the possession of the Duke of .Devonshire, made in 1701 ; many
ether pieces in silver are extant. The mark he adopted was PL with
a crown above and fleur-de-lis below (the two first letters of his
name), very similar to that of Paul de Lamerie, which he adopted
* One of these bills has an engraving; of an angel holding a palm, with an
inscription in French ajid English: "Ellis Gamble at the 'Golden Angel,' in
Cranbourne Street, Leicester Fields, makes, buys, and sells all sorts of
plate, etc."