Murray's Handbook for Modern London : Modern London, Or, London As It is
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a member of the Company, entering on the office of Lord Mayor of the City of London; statue of Sir William Wal- worth, by Edward Pierce; portraits of William III. and Queen, by Murray ; George II. and Queen, by Shaekhton ; Duke of Kent, by Bccchey ; Earl St. Vincent (the Admiral), by Beechcy ; and Queen Victoria, by Herbert Smith. 5. GOLDSMITHS' HALL, Foster Lane, Cheapside, be- hind the general Post Office, built by Philip Hardwiek, R.A., and opened with a splendid banquet* July 15th, 1835. Th...e Goldsmiths existed as a guild from a very early period, but were not incorporated before 1327, the 1st of Edward III. Eenry Fit/.-Alwin, the first Mayor of London, and who con- tinued Mayor for upwards of 24 years, was a goldsmith of the guild. The Goldsmiths' Company possess the privilege of assaying and stamping all articles of gold and silver manu- facture pursuant to acta L2 Geo. II. . The assays in one day are about L50, and arc conducted as follows : — They scrape a portion from every piece of plate manufactured, ami send it to their assay master, [f found true to the standard quan- tities, the articles are pnmfid ; if what is called ^^' " deceitful work," they are destroyed.
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