Hall marks on gold & silver plate

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HALL MARKS ON PLATE.
burgesses in Parliament, 13 Elizabeth. Proceedings Arch. Inst.,
1847.
A silver mace-head of the Company of St. George, in form of
a capital of a column, enriched with acanthus leaves, and sur-
mounted by a statuette of St. George and the Dragon. Round the
collar has been engraved, but now partly obliterated by the insertion
of four sockets, the :
following inscription
"Ex Dono Hororabil : Fraternitatis S^K Georgij in Norwico
lowing :
A.n>i Do' 1705."
On the top is engraved the shield of St. George and the fol-
"DIE III. AIAEII, AIDCCLXXXVI. BENE ET FELICITER MVNICIPIO
NORVICENSI OMNIA VT EVENIANT PRECATVR ROBERTVS
PARTRIDGE PRAETER."
The plate-mark, a court-hand b in an escutcheon on the mace-
The initial H occurs on one of the <strong>marks</strong>,
head, is of the year 1697.
the remainder of which is illegible. Height, I2| in. Ibid.
The Walpole mace, presented in ^^'^^s 1733, assayed and stamped
in London.
A finely ornamented repousse ewer and salver, with Neptune
and Amphitrite, "The gift of the Hon. Henry Howard, June 16,
1663," was stamped in London in 1597. A tall gilt tankard, repousse
with strap-work, flowers and fruit, and engraved with the arms of
Norwich, was stamped in London in 161 8.
EXAMPLES.
A chalice dated 1567, stamped with the letter C and a crossmound
within a lozenge. North Creake Church, Norfolk.
A piece of plate, date about 1567.
Messrs. Hancock.