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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… two sorts, called, from the difference of their colour, silver char and golden char; the former is considered the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… (Plate 4) The plate, unless otherwise described, is of silver-gilt and includes two large cups of 1551; a silver paten of 1586; two ewer-shaped flagons of 1583 … of 1695; four inscribed patens of 1699 given in 1700; two silver rat-tail spoons of 1707 engraved with I H S in cross …
Old and New London
… de Gloucester, the king's goldsmith, seventy marks, for a silver image for the like purpose." The Chapel of St. Edmund … relique of one of the legges of St. George, set in silver, parcel gilte, which came into the hands of our broder … headless. It is said originally to have been plated with silver gilt, and that the head was solid silver. Nothing is …
Old and New London
… Anthony Aucher, all manner of garnishments and apparel of silver and gold, such as altar-cloths, copes, &c., should be … hence all the plate and furniture of the church, except a silver pot, two gilt cups with covers, three herse cloths, …
Old and New London
… arms of England and France enamelled on it. A tablet of silver gilt supporting it, enamelled with black letters, "Rex …
Old and New London
… and meddalls flung up and down by my Lord Cornwallis, of silver, but I could not come by any. But so great a noise …
Old and New London
… Lilly was present, and he records how he "saw the silver top fall from off the King's staff." Exposed to the … his sceptre in his hand, under a canopy borne up by six silver staves, carried by Barons of the Cinque Ports, and …
Old and New London
… opening buds of sense, And makes his pupils proud with silver pence, I was a poet too." Cowper. Noted Scholars and Eminent MastersCowper and the "Silver Pence" for the Best Writers of Latin Verse"Glorious" … school-days of that poet, it was customary to receive a silver groat for a good exercise of Latin verses. An …
Old and New London
… of his own shop, with his hair full-powdered, his silver knee and shoe buckles, and his hands surrounded with …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… then exhibited by Mr. Palmer consisted of one gold, six silver, and two copper British coins, some of them of Cunobelin; one hundred and eighteen silver, billon and brass Roman coins, ranging from Claudius, … 41, to Magnentius, A.D. 3503; twenty fibul of bronze, a silver ring, six bronze rings, bronze keys, pins and nails, …