Hon. President: Anthony Dove F.R.S.A.

Editor: Daniel Bexfield.	Volume 14/04
Photography: Michael Golding.	March/April 2004
Assistant: Robert Nevin.

CONTENTS

Front Cover	1
The Ellis Catalogues by David Constable	3
The cusped duty used at the assay offices from 1791 by A. Dove	4/5/6/7
Chester gold & silver marks 1670 to 1962	7
Chester assay office - Incuse duty mark by Simon Davidson	8/9
George Smith II and Thomas Eaton by Carl Belfield	9
Stirring a passion (part one) by Robert Nevin	10/11/12/13
Scottish maker's in the new Chester mark book by Edward Daw	14
A curious tablespoon by Michael Baggott	15
Richard Turner offers a note	15
An interesting cast dessert spoon by Richard Turner	16/17
The London duty marks for 1797 by Ian McAlpine	17
Military tablespoons by Silas Marner	18/19
Symposium - Silver in East Anglia	19
The 'C' enclosing 'R' mark - an Elizabethan rarity by P. Percival	20
The case for the caddy ladle by Michael Baggott	22
Picture back spoons of the eighteenth century by Chris Bell	23
Feedback	24/25/26/27
Review - Lyon & Turnbull silver sale, 10th Dec '03 by Mr M.	28/29/30/31
Review - Woolley & Wallis silver sale, 28th Jan '04 by R. Nevin	32/33/34
Review - Woolley & Wallis silver sale - continued	35/36
Results - club postal auction (30th January 2004)	37
The Club Postal Auction	38/39/40/41
The Club Postal Auction	42/43/44/45
The Club Postal Auction	46/47/48/49
The Club Postal Auction	50/51/52
The Club Postal Auction	53/54/55
The Club Postal Auction	56/57/58
Postal auction information	59
The next postal auction - 16th April 2004	60
First Tuesday	60
Contributions	60
Back copies	60
Yearly subscriptions	60

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COVER:

A George I Britannia standard silver Hanoverian Rattail by Paul De Lamerie.
London 1723, with cotemporary coat of arms for 'Plomer'.
(See Lot 124 in the Postal Auction, page 55)

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The Finial, March/April 2004

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