. The pewter collector : a guide to English pewter with some reference to foreign work . PEWTER MARKS 137 The register that seems to have been kept of themembers who struck their touches on the touch-plate hasunfortunately been lost. If it had had entries no moreirregular than those of the touches, it would have still beenvaluable as a mxcans of throwing light on many toucheswhich are now and will long remain riddles. Mr. Welchunfortunately found that no such register was in existence,and for that reason, no doubt, passed over the subject ofthe marks. The touches are not in chronological^ orde
. The pewter collector : a guide to English pewter with some reference to foreign work . PEWTER MARKS 137 The register that seems to have been kept of themembers who struck their touches on the touch-plate hasunfortunately been lost. If it had had entries no moreirregular than those of the touches, it would have still beenvaluable as a mxcans of throwing light on many toucheswhich are now and will long remain riddles. Mr. Welchunfortunately found that no such register was in existence,and for that reason, no doubt, passed over the subject ofthe marks. The touches are not in chronological^ order. They seemto have been punched more or less where the owner wishedto put them, and the blank spaces have been filled upsubsequently with other touches and of other years. Many of the earlier touches are ofncially dated, and maybe said to cover, with a few intervals, the time from 1673to 1824. It seems that the usual object of ordering a touchto be dated was that it might be known who were theoffenders, the majority of touches being undated. Occa-sionally, however, nev/ touches were
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