Hall marks on gold & silver plate

Iviii INTRODUCTION.
A candlestick all of gold.
Zec. iv, 2.
The celebrated candlestick made in the twelfth century at
Gloucester, of white metal gilt, is the earliest, as well as one of the
finest, in the country. It has a large head with pricket, a straight
SiLVEK Candlestick.
Date 1791-2, belonging to J. H. Walter, Esq.
stem with three bosses, interlaced bands, knots, monsters, and other
objects, on a tripod of dragon's claws, and is of Byzantine character.
It was given by Abbot Peter of Gloucester to the Church
of St. Peter at that city, and is now in the South Kensington
Museum.*
Pollen's " Gold and Silver Smiths' Work.