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 Goldsmith's 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
A reference work by William Chaffers, published in London by Reeves and Turner in 1899, cataloguing English goldsmiths' and plateworkers' marks copied in facsimile for collectors and historians of silver. The two pictures show dense grids of small stamped marks, shields and initials arranged in columns with large letter headings.
