[Sca-cooks] OT: more on maker's marks in period

[Stefan li Rous]

Some one a few days ago was talking about using their heraldry as a 
makers mark on the goods they were making or thinking of making, but 
said someone had told them they weren't period. I noted they were, but 
didn't have any evidence at hand to back it up. I just saw this on a 
pewter website, http://www.englishpewter.co.uk/
"By Act of Parliament in 1503 all pewter manufacturers were required to 
strike their maker's mark on their wares. This was to enable 
identification to be made when checks were carried out at local fairs, 
London pewterers recorded their marks on thick flat plates kept at 
Pewterers Hall, where they can still be seen to this day."

Stefan
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