The Dover road annals The Dover road : annals of an ancient turnpike doverroadannalso00harp Year: 1922 52 THE DOVER ROAD wife, with their effigies, properly carved, painted and gilt, while in various parts of the church may be found what is said to be his crest, the fool's cap, which ARMS OF SPIELMAN A^D HIS FIEST WIFE. he used as a water-mark on a particular size of paper. ' Foolscap ' paper derives its name from that water- mark ; and thus, though the term now indicates a size, it was originally a trade-mark. The mark may have been derived, not from any crest, but from the long cap wor
The Dover road annals The Dover road : annals of an ancient turnpike doverroadannalso00harp Year: 1922 52 THE DOVER ROAD wife, with their effigies, properly carved, painted and gilt, while in various parts of the church may be found what is said to be his crest, the fool's cap, which ARMS OF SPIELMAN A^D HIS FIEST WIFE. he used as a water-mark on a particular size of paper. ' Foolscap ' paper derives its name from that water- mark ; and thus, though the term now indicates a size, it was originally a trade-mark. The mark may have been derived, not from any crest, but from the long cap worn by the figure on his wife's shield of arms ; although it was greatly changed in the process. At the same time, it is to be noted that the fool's cap water- mark occurred on paper made in Germany in 1472.
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