Gilda aurifabrorum; a history of English goldsmiths and plateworkers, and their marks stamped on plate, copied in facsimile from celebrated examples; and the earliest records preserved at Goldsmiths' Hall, London, with their names, addresses, and dates of entry, 2500 illustrations, also historical accounts of the Goldsmiths' Company and their hall marks; their regalia; the Mint; closing of the Exchequer; goldsmith-bankers; shop signs; a copious index, &c., &c., preceded by an introductory essay on the goldsmiths' art, by William Chaffers

Title:	Gilda aurifabrorum; a history of English goldsmiths and plateworkers, and their marks stamped on plate, copied in facsimile from celebrated examples; and the earliest records preserved at Goldsmiths' Hall, London, with their names, addresses, and dates of entry, 2500 illustrations, also historical accounts of the Goldsmiths' Company and their hall marks; their regalia; the Mint; closing of the Exchequer; goldsmith-bankers; shop signs; a copious index, &c., &c., preceded by an introductory essay on the goldsmiths' art
Author:	Chaffers, William, 1811-1892
Note:	Allen, 1883

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Subject:	Goldsmiths
Subject:	Goldwork -- England -- History
Subject:	Hallmarks
Subject:	Plate, English
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