Hallmark: A History of the London Assay Office

Hallmark: A History of the London Assay Office image
ISBN-10:

0906290260

ISBN-13:

9780906290262

Author(s): Forbes, John S.
Released: Jul 08, 2006
Format: Hardcover, 367 pages
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Description:

Testing articles made of precious metals and stamping them with hallmarks to indicate they are of a minimum standard of purity has been carried out by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths for seven centuries. The minute books of the Company, the core of the present study, provide an almost unbroken record since the 1330s, and names prominent in the Company's affairs include Isaac Newton, Charles II, Paul de Lamerie, the Vyners and the Garrards.

























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