Chaffers' Hand-book to hall marks on gold & silver plate : with revised tables of the annual date letters employed in the assay offices of England, Scotland and Ireland / [William Chaffers].

  • William Chaffers
Date:
1907
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Chaffers' Hand-book to hall marks on gold & silver plate : with revised tables of the annual date letters employed in the assay offices of England, Scotland and Ireland / [William Chaffers]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The mark used in this burgh varied very much, but it generally consisted of the name BANFF, or a contraction thereof. EXAMPLES. [BA* [IA H] [BANFl (g ill U EDS <D m Banff. Dessert Spoon, French pattern.—Earl of Breadalbane. Banff. Dessert Spoon, French pattern, with king’s head.—Earl of Breadal- bane. Banff. Table Spoon, French pattern.—Earl of Breadalbane. Banff. Table Spoon, French pattern, with king’s head.—Earl of Breadal- bane. DUNDEE (Angus) Arms: Az., a pot of growing lilies arg. Crest: A lily arg. Supporters: Two dragons vert, tails knotted together below shield. Motto, “ Dei DONUM.” The town mark adopted by the Dundee Assay Office is a pot with two handles containing three lilies, as shown in the following WL EXAMPLES. Dundee. On a pair of Sugar Tongs, shell and fiddle pattern, about 1880.