Hall marks on gold & silver plate

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HALL MARKS ON PLATE.
"Burke's General Armoury" gives the arms of the town, as at
present used : Azure, on a mount, a castle triple towered without
windows argent, masoned sable, the gate closed gtdes, surroimded
by four oak sprigs disposed in orle of the second, the interstices of
the field being semee of stars of six points each of the last, and motto
as above.
The only mark found on silver that can be assigned to this town
is a castle triple towered in irregular shield.
Stirling. On an oblong Tobacco-Box engraved on
the cover with two coats of arms surmounted by a
rSTGl I
ducal coronet. The town mark is a castle, triple
towered, as described above, having
beneath the
letter S to distinguish it from a similar mark at
Edinburgh. The maker's (?) mark, a mermaid
and star, and his initials G B. Earl of Breadalbane.
TAIN (ROSS-SHIRE).
T^A T ATI (^'i\ Tain. On a pair of Toddy Ladles, date about
i^oo.Earl of Breadalbane.
UNCERTAIN SCOTTISH MARKS.
Unknown. These three stamps are on the
/^j^
(ADj \^fj (ADj
inside of a silver lid of a shell Snuff-Box.
Date about 1800. In the possession of the
Earl of Breadalbane.
llbcGHl
Unknown. On a fiddle head Toddy Ladle,
provincial mark of some town in Scotland.
Made circa 18 10. Representing an otter or
badger on a wheat ear (?) and the letters I.
& G. H. Earl of Breadalbane.
Unknown. On a seal top Spoon, of English
or Scottish make, of the seventeenth century,
the baluster end well finished. The
monogram inside the bowl, the animal on
the back of the stem. Letters on the bottom,
"^^.- Lady Dji Cane.
1624.
Uncertain. i^Query Edinburgh.) These four
<strong>marks</strong> are on the bottom of a Mug with one
scroll handle, broad mouth, repousse pyriform
ornament round the lower part. The
small mark is that of the maker, the other
two those of the Deacon, probably the same
silversmith. Date about 1680. Messrs.
Mackay & Chisholm.