Hall marks on gold & silver plate

PREFACE TO SIXTH EDITION. xi
supplying us with careful drawings of <strong>Hall</strong>-<strong>marks</strong>, taken by their
artist from all pieces of ancient plate which have come under their
notice for the last twenty years.
The reader will also perceive how
m.uch wc are indebted to the assistance of the Right Hon. the Earl
of Breadalbane in allowmg us to copy the <strong>marks</strong> on examples of
plate collected by his Lordship in illustration of those of the Royal
Burghs of Scotland, which have hitherto been involved in mystery.
Our thanks are also due to [the late] Mr. W. J. Cripps for permis-
sion to make some important additions and corrections in several of
our Tables of London and provincial date letters contained in his
interesting work, entitled "Old English Plate"; and to the same
gentleman for permitting us to print certain other matter, including
some authorities given by Mr. J. H. Sanderson for the Tables of
Edinburgh <strong>Hall</strong> Marks, which originally appeared in the Trans-
actions of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. These tables
have appeared in our previous editions, and we rendered our thanks
to Mr. J. H. Sanderson in the Preface to the first edition of 1863,
but the property in Mr. Sanderson's work and notes passed to [the
late] Mr. Cripps.
1883.
ADDENDA.
W. CHAFFERS.
Our thanks are due to Mr. John Crichton, A.ssay Master, at Edinburgh,
for particulars of the <strong>marks</strong> used at the Goldsmiths' <strong>Hall</strong> at that city.