Hall marks on gold & silver plate

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Type F. circa 1450 to circa 15 10. Bowl deep and conical; stem
hexagonal, with ornate knot; six-sided foot. In late instances
the points of the latter terminate in knops.
Type G. circa 15 10 to circa 1525. Bowl broader at base; stem and
knot as in type F ; sexfoil foot.
Type H. circa 1525 to circa 1540. Bowl broad and shallow; stem
cabled or buttressed on edges, with knot as before, but somewhat
flattened; foot sexfoil, or hexagonal with wavy sides,
and with an open crown at its junction with the stem.
PATENS.
Type A. (Form I) circa 11 80 to circa 1260. Lower depression
quatrefoil ; central device various.
Type B. (Form I or II) circa 1260 to circa 1300. Lower depression,
or single depression, octofoil
the Manns Dei.
or multiple; central device
usually
Type C. (Form I) circa 1300 to circa 1350, and later. Lower depression
sexfoil with plain spandrels; central
Manns Dei.
device usually the
Type D. (Form I) circa 1430 to circa 1530. Lower depression sexfoil,
but spandrels filled with a rayed leaf ornament. Central
device most frequently the Vernicle, with, in many cases, an
encircling glory of short rays. Some of the later examples
of this type have an engraved legend round the rim.
Type E. (Form II) circa 1450 to circa 15 10. Single circular de-
pression, with more generally iljc or device.
:Ij5 as the central
Type F. (Form I) circa 1525. An elaboration of type D, which it
resembles in general form, but the central device has a glory
of long rays filling the field of the paten, and the rim bears
an engraved legend.
Type G. (Form II) circa 1520 to circa 1535. An elaboration of type
E. Single circular depression, with central device sur-
rounded by a glory of long rays.
The rim bears an engraved
legend. The only two examples of this type have the
Vernicle as the central device.
Form I comprises patens with plain circular depression, with an
inner depression multifoil in outline : and Form II those with one
depression only, either circular or multifoil.
From this sketch it will be seen that the amount of mediaeval
Communion plate remaining is very limited. Throughout England
there are not above forty chalices and about twice that number of
patens now in existence.
The display of gold and silver plate, much of it being orna-
mented with jewels, in our cathedrals, abbeys and churches, previous
to the Reformation, must have been wonderfully beautiful. The
number of vessels possessed was considerable, and the value of the