A new touch-stone for gold and silver wares : directing all buyers of large plate, or small works (as silver or goldhilts, buckles, watch-cases, pins and studs in watch-cases, money-boxes, tobacco-boxes, bells and sockets for corals, buttons and tags for garments, chirurgeons-instruments, rings, chains, lockets, or other goldsmith works), how to know whether they buy or wear such as are of the lawful standard-allay, or adulterated and unlawful, and how to recover recompence against the offenders : and also discovering the principal matters of the goldsmiths and cutlers (and material things of all other manual) trades.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: W. B. (William Badcock)
Corporate Author: Cutlers' Company (London, England)
Other Authors: Reynolds, John, of the Mynt in the Tower
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Printed for J. Bellinger ... and T. Basset ..., 1679.
Edition:The second edition /
Series:Early English books online.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Item Description:"Charter of the cutlers of the city of London" (caption title): pages 171-189.
"A brief and easie way by tables to cast up silver ... and gold ... / calculated by John Reynolds ..." ([151] pages at end) has special t.p.
Includes index.
Numerous errors in paging.
Imperfect: pages tightly bound with some loss of printing.
Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library.
Physical Description:1 online resource ([18], 218, [151] pages)