| George II Coffee Pot, 1741. Maker, Peter Archambo. | Frontispiece |
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| Chapter II.—Ecclesiastical Plate |
| Elizabethan Chalices | 67 |
| Elizabethan Chalice; Charles I Chalice | 71 |
| Charles II Cup; William III Flagons | 75 |
| Charles II and Queen Anne Patens | 79 |
| George II Communion Cup | 81 |
| Chapter III.—The Standing Cup, the Flagon, the Tankards, the Beakers, and the Wine Cup |
| Mazer, with inscription dated Exeter, 1490 | 87 |
| The Leigh Cup and Cover, 1499 | 91 |
| Cup and Cover, 1585 | 95 |
| Stoneware Jug with Silver Cover and Foot, 1570 | 95 |
| The Samuel Pepys Standing Cup and Cover, 1677 | 99 |
| Flagon, 1572; Flagon, 1599 | 105 |
| Tankards, Charles II, 1679, and William III, 1701 | 111 |
| Charles II Tankards, York, 1684 | 111 |
| Queen Anne Tankard, Exeter, 1705 | 115 |
| Mug, 1733, and Tankard, 1748, Exeter | 117 |
| Beakers: James I, 1606; Charles I, 1631; Charles II, 1671 | 121 |
| James I Wine Cup | 125 |
| Stuart Wine Cups; Seventeenth-century Candlestick | 129 |
| “Monteith” Punch-bowl, 1704 | 135 |
| Chapter IV.—The Salt Cellar |
| Hour-glass Standing Salt Cellar, 1500 | 143 |
| Bell-shaped Salt Cellar, 1601 | 147 |
| Circular Salt Cellar, 1638 | 151 |
| Octagonal Salt Cellar, 1679, “The Sumner Salt” | 155 |
| Lambeth Delft and Rouen faience Salt Cellars | 161 |
| Group of Small Circular Salts, Queen Anne, George II, and George III | 165 |
| Salts with Glass Liner, George III | 167 |
| Group of Oblong Salts with three feet, George III | 167 |
| Group of Salt Cellars, George III, showing transition | 171 |
| Group of Salt Cellars, George III, George IV, and William IV | 173 |
| Chapter V.—The Spoon |
| Seventeenth-century Spoons | 181 |
| Seventeenth and Eighteenth-century Spoons | 185 |
| Seventeenth and Eighteenth-century Spoons | 189 |
| Chapter VI.—The Posset-pot and the Porringer |
| Commonwealth Porringer, 1653 | 197 |
| Charles II Posset-pot and Cover, 1662; Porringer, Silver-gilt, 1669 | 197 |
| Charles II Porringer, 1666 | 201 |
| Charles II Posset-cup and Cover, 1679 | 201 |
| Posset-pot and Cover, 1683 | 205 |
| Charles II Porringer, 1672 | 209 |
| Queen Anne Porringer, Exeter, 1707 | 209 |
| James II Posset-cup and Cover, 1685 | 213 |
| Staffordshire Earthenware Posset-cup, dated 1685 | 213 |
| Plum Broth Dish and Ladle, 1697 | 217 |
| Chapter VII.—The Candlestick |
| Charles I Candlestick, 1637 | 223 |
| Lambeth Delft Candlestick, dated 1648 | 223 |
| Charles II Candlesticks, 1673 | 227 |
| Snuffers and Tray, 1682 | 231 |
| Candlesticks Queen Anne, 1704, 1706; George I, 1721 | 231 |
| Candlestick, Sheffield, 1782 | 235 |
| Chapter VIII.—The Coffee-pot, the Teapot, the Tea-caddy |
| Coffee-pot, Newcastle, 1737 | 243 |
| Teapot (Honourable East India Company), 1670 | 243 |
| Teapot, 1745 | 247 |
| Kettle, with Stand and Spirit-lamp, 1746 | 251 |
| Group of Coffee-pots and Teapots | 255 |
| Tea-caddies, Exeter, 1718; London, 1730 | 259 |
| George III Tea-caddies | 259 |
| Pair of Tea-caddies and Sugar-box, 1760 | 263 |
| Chapter IX.—The Caster, the Sugar-bowl, the Cream-pail, the Cake-basket |
| William III and Queen Anne Casters, 1701 and 1712 | 269 |
| George II Caster, Exeter, 1728 | 273 |
| Group of Casters, William III, George II, and George III | 277 |
| Centre-piece, 1761 | 279 |
| Centre-piece, 1775 | 279 |
| Sugar-bowl, Classic Style, 1773 | 283 |
| Sugar-bowl, Pierced Work with Glass Liners (late Eighteenth Century) | 285 |
| Cream-pails, 1776, 1782 | 285 |
| Bread-baskets, 1745 to 1775 | 289 |
| Cake-basket, 1761; Wedgwood Cake-basket | 291 |
| Wedgwood Earthenware Dessert-baskets | 295 |
| Chapter X.—The Cream-jug |
| Jug, Paul de Lamerie, 1736 | 301 |
| Group of Cream-jugs, George I and George III | 305 |
| Group of Cream-jugs, late George III | 309 |
| Chapter XI.—Scottish Silver |
| Scottish Quaich, Edinburgh, 1705 | 313 |
| Mug, Edinburgh, 1790 | 313 |
| Sugar-caster, Edinburgh, 1746 | 317 |
| Coffee-pot, Edinburgh, 1769 | 321 |
| Tea-urn, Edinburgh, 1778 | 325 |
| Chapter XII.—Irish Silver |
| Caster, Dublin (George Lyng), 1699 | 331 |
| Loving-cup, with harp handles, Cork, 1694 | 331 |
| Centre-piece, Dublin, 1740 | 335 |
| Cream-jug, signed by Jonathan Buck, Cork, 1764 | 339 |
| Cream-jug, Dublin, 1740 | 339 |
| Cream-pail, Dublin, 1770 | 343 |
| Appendix to Chapter I |
| Alphabets of Date Letters used at London Assay Office | 347-355 |
| Table showing variations in Hall and Standard Marks | 357 |
| Series of Examples of London Assay Marks | 359-385 |
| Series of Examples of Provincial Assay Marks | 387-399 |
| Series of Examples of Scottish and Irish Assay Marks | 401-409 |
