. American homes and gardens. Old German Porringer, Baby Porringer, dish and sugar bowl of pewterowned by Mr. I. H. Caliga of Salem. Old pewter from the Grace Atkinson collection second was a guild mark, de-noting the city, while thethird was a private mark,which indicated the one finds an occa-sional piece bearing thisnumber and date, he hascome across an exceedinglyrare specimen. The value ofpewter is according to itssize and mark,—the largerthe piece the higher its usual sizes range all theway from five inches to twofeet, although there aresome specimens that measurethr
. American homes and gardens. Old German Porringer, Baby Porringer, dish and sugar bowl of pewterowned by Mr. I. H. Caliga of Salem. Old pewter from the Grace Atkinson collection second was a guild mark, de-noting the city, while thethird was a private mark,which indicated the one finds an occa-sional piece bearing thisnumber and date, he hascome across an exceedinglyrare specimen. The value ofpewter is according to itssize and mark,—the largerthe piece the higher its usual sizes range all theway from five inches to twofeet, although there aresome specimens that measurethree feet in diameter, butthey are exceptionally rare. Guilds or corporationswere found in various coun-tries, composed of the work- AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS February, 1913 men, as for instance, the LondonGuild, which was composed of Eng-lish pewterers and was the most im-portant of its day. The EdinburghGuild of Scottish workmen rankedsecond. The French PewterersGuild was abolished by Turgot, onthe ground that the free right tolabor was a sacred privilege of hu-manity. It was a mistake to abolishthe Guild, for with it the q
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