Hall marks on gold & silver plate

LEITH.
GREENOCK.
Several <strong>marks</strong> were used in this burgh. Sometimes a ship in
full sail, sometimes an anchor, and sometimes a green oak. The
whole of these <strong>marks</strong> are occasionally found on a single article.
The arms are : A three-masted ship in full sail, in base on a
quay, two men rolling casks, all proper.
INVERNESS.
There have been goldsmiths 'n this town since the middle of the
seventeenth centur}-. The mark generally used was INS, as a short
form of the name of the town. A dromedary or camel, and a cornu-
copia, were also sometimes employed.
The arms of this royal burgh are :
the Saviour proper. But on the seal of the burgh there : appears
dromedary turned to the sinister.
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CJ INS
EXAMPLES.
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Gtiles, on a cross Calvary
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Inverness. On a Tea Spoon, fiddle
head, date about 1820. with a cornucopia,
the crest of the town of Inverness.
Earl of Breadalbane.
Inverness. The camel, one of the
supporters of the city arms. On
a larg5 annular Scottish Brooch,
flat, with engraved Vandykes, and
a cluster of fine small annulets
between each. Maker's mark, and
another of the same, larger, as
Deacon. Attributed to Chas. Jamison,
circa 18 10. Earl of Breadalbane.
LEITH.
From the fact of several pieces of plate having been bought
here bearing the stamp of an anchor, which indicates its position as
a harbour for shipping, we are inclined to attribute this mark to
Leith. The circular object with rays, which accompanies it, yet
remains to be explained, but in another example here adduced it is
placed by the side of the thistle the standard mark of Scotland.
The crest of Edinburgh is an anchor wreathed about with a cable;
but in this instance the cable is omitted.
The arms of this port are : A two-masted galley, bearing a taber-
tiacle containing the Virgin, seated holding the infant Christ.