CHAPTER VIII.--CENTREPIECES

Centrepieces, 1790, 1810 247

Centrepiece, with Female Figures 251

Chestnut Dish; Fruit Basket, 1810 255

Appendix

Marks on Silver Plate 275, 279, 283

Marks on Old Sheffield Plate 287, 291

I

INTRODUCTION

IMITATION AS A FINE ART

ECONOMIC SUBSTITUTION

EUROPEAN IMITATIVENESS

PARALLELS IN ENGLISH CRAFTSMANSHIP

EARLY PLATING

SILVER PLATERS AT SHEFFIELD