Hall marks on gold & silver plate

SCOTLAND. 327
SALE OF PLATE PROHIBITED IN SCOTLAND UNLESS
ASSAYED AND MARKED AT EDINBURGH OR
GLASGOW.
A.D. 1836. 6 & 7 William IV. Entitled, "An Act to fix the
standard qualities of gold and silver plate in Scotland, and to provide
for the assaying and marking thereof.
"Section 2. And be it enacted that on or before the ist day of
October, 1836, every goldsmith, silversmith, or plate-worker, or
person carrying on any of the said trades in Scotland, and also every
person who at any time after the ist day of October, 1836, shall
follow the trade of goldsmith, silversmith, or plate-worker before
he shall exercise the same, shall send or deliver either to the Wardens
of the Incorporation of the City of Edinburgh or to the
Wardens of the Glasgow Company a written statement of his
Christian and surname, place of abode, etc.
"
Section 3. Every such goldsmith, silversmith, and platsworker,
or person carrying on any of the said trades in Scotland,
shall first stamp or strike his mark upon all gold or silver plate
(except such as are hereinafter excepted)* which he shall make or
cause to be made after the ist October, 1836, and bring or send it
to the A.ssay Office of the Incorporation to which he shall have
delivered his name and address and mark aforesaid, together with
a note of the weight, quality, etc. ; and such gold plate as shall be
ascertained to be not less in fineness than 22 karats of fine gold in
every pound weight Troy, and such silver plate as shall be ascertained
to be not less in fineness than 1 1 ounces and 2 pennyweights
of fine silver in every pound weight Troy, shall be marked at such
with the mark of the th'stle
Assay Office as follows^ that is to say,
and such a distinct variable letter, denoting the year in which such
plate shall be marked, and also with the mark or <strong>marks</strong> used by
the Incorporation at whose Assay Office the same shall be assayed;
and such gold plate as shall be ascertained to be not less in fineness
than 18 karats of fine gold in every pound weight Troy shall be
marked with the figures 18 in addition to the said several <strong>marks</strong>
therein before required; and such silver plate as shall not be less
in fineness than 11 oz. 10 dwts. of fine silver in every pound Troy
shall be marked with the figure of Britannia in addition to the sev-
eral other <strong>marks</strong> hereinbefore required.''
A more recent Act of 1842, 5 & 6 Vict, relating to the stamping
of foreign plate, and the prohibition of its sale in the United Kingdom
unless assayed and stamped at the appointed Assay Offices as
being of the legal standard, under certain penalties, extends to
Scotland.
The Act of 7 & 8 Vict, 1844, "Criminal Law Consolidation,"
does not extend to Scotland or Ireland.
* The exemptions are the same as in England (see iiage 95).