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The
Chester Assay Office
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1686 - 1701 Three wheatsheaves ("garbs")
with sword.
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1701 - 1779 Three wheatsheaves /
Three lions halved
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1779 - 1961 Three wheatsheaves with
sword.
Plate
was assayed at Chester from the early 15th century. Marks were regulated
from about the end of the 17th century. The Chester office was
re-established in 1701 and closed in 1961. Prior to the establishment of
the Birmingham Assay Office in 1773, most of the
plate produced in the Midlands and the north west of England was "touched"
at Chester. The date letter which followed a 25 year cycle was changed
in July.
©Åntidata 1997