Hall marks on gold & silver plate

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ventures, he became bankrupt in 1842, and his stock was sold by
auction. He was at last a pensioner at the Charterhouse, and died
there about the year 1 849.
1806. Feter Perchard bequeathed to the Company ^^^250 stock
for the use of the poor.
1808. George <strong>Hall</strong>, probably a goldsmith, but we cannot trace
his name in the books, bequeathed to the Company a munificent
donation of 1,000 (consols) for charitable purposes.
1 813. Rachel Farmer, of Jewin Street, bequeathed to the Goldsmiths'
Company the liberal donation of i^ 1,000 stock for charitable
purposes.
Messrs. Hancock, goldsmiths and jewellers, Bond Street (corner
of Bruton Street). Established in 1849 by C. F. Hancock, who
having partly retired in 1866, the firm was styled Hancock, Son and
Co. Mr. Hancock retired entirely in 1870, the style being Hancocks
and Co., at present. The actual partners were Messrs. Maxtin Hancock,
Horatio Stewart and Henry John Dore. The mark adopted
by them as a plate-mark consists of the letters C F H with a crown
above. The manufactory is in Little Bruton Street.
This well-known firm was established for the manufacture and
sale of plate and jewellery of a superior class, and is extensively
patronised by the nobility and gentry, being noted for the taste and
quality of its productions. Artists of celebrity are engaged as
modellers of groups and designs for surtouts de table and the dres-
soir, presentation pieces, racing prizes for Epsom and Ascot, etc.
Among the modellers may be noted especially H. H. Armstead,
R.A. ; C. B. Birch, A.R. A. ; Signer Raffaele Monti ; Eugene Lauri and
Marshall Wood.