. The pewter collector : a guide to English pewter with some reference to foreign work . here is mention of iijcounterfettes otherwise called podingers of pewter, whearofon[e] olde ; and in the kitchen were vij pewtherdyshes ( Reliquary, vii., 1893, p. 30). At WhalleyAbbey there were iiij garnisste of pewter vessell. Harrison, who has been quoted before, wrote at the endof the sixteenth century (1577-87) that Such furnitureof household of this mettall, as we commonly call by thename of vessell, is sold usually by the garnish which dothconteine 12 platters, 12 dishes, 12 saucers, and those aree
. The pewter collector : a guide to English pewter with some reference to foreign work . here is mention of iijcounterfettes otherwise called podingers of pewter, whearofon[e] olde ; and in the kitchen were vij pewtherdyshes ( Reliquary, vii., 1893, p. 30). At WhalleyAbbey there were iiij garnisste of pewter vessell. Harrison, who has been quoted before, wrote at the endof the sixteenth century (1577-87) that Such furnitureof household of this mettall, as we commonly call by thename of vessell, is sold usually by the garnish which dothconteine 12 platters, 12 dishes, 12 saucers, and those areeither of silver fashion or else with brode or narrow brims,and bought by the pound, which is now valued at seven-pence, or peradventure at eightpence. * In one country house the writer has seen the pewter used by-three successive generations, and also the Chinese ware by whichit was superseded, all religiously preserved. 96 THE PEWTER COLLECTOR PLATE XI I. Various measures and a teapot. (Colonel Balfour.) 2. Two measures, showing different ways of fixinghandles to the body. PLATE
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