. The pewter collector : a guide to English pewter with some reference to foreign work . it compulsory (Welch, i. 94). This touch-plateunfortunately has been lost. Such touches were preservedat the Hall of the Pewterers Company as early as some system of marking^ wares must have existed ata still earlier date, for in the days when work was liable toconfiscation if it fell a few grains below a certain specifiedstandard, self-protection would suggest some private markor means of identification. These touch-plates^ have been exhibited privately atvarious times and places, and the Pewtere
. The pewter collector : a guide to English pewter with some reference to foreign work . it compulsory (Welch, i. 94). This touch-plateunfortunately has been lost. Such touches were preservedat the Hall of the Pewterers Company as early as some system of marking^ wares must have existed ata still earlier date, for in the days when work was liable toconfiscation if it fell a few grains below a certain specifiedstandard, self-protection would suggest some private markor means of identification. These touch-plates^ have been exhibited privately atvarious times and places, and the Pewterers Company havehad them reproduced in collotype in Mr. Welchs book. 1 In 1492 the Company had four new markyng irons forHoloweware men (Welch, i. 78). This entry shows that markinghad been done before this date. The reference (on p. 97) to pots,sealed, must also point to the practice of marking. 2 By special permission of the Company verbal descriptions ofthe touches are given in Appendix A, 136 THE PEWTER COLLECTOR PLATE XVI German flagon (right). Flemish measure (left). PLATE
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