Hall marks on gold & silver plate
Hall marks on gold & silver plate, a 1922 London reference by William Chaffers and Christopher Alexander Markham, aimed at collectors and assayers of English plate. The three pictures are line engravings of communion cups and a porringer, with fine hatching and scrolled ornament that show how silver forms and hallmarked bands were drawn for identification. A designer could borrow the crisp engraved line and the stepped foot and knop profiles for vessel or ornament work.
