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A struck device registered on a guild touchplate.
Also known as: Touchmark, Pewterer's mark, Touch plate mark, Struck device on pewter
A pewterer's touch mark was registered by striking it onto a guild touchplate, which served as the register — so identification depends on the plate surviving. The London plates were destroyed in the Great Fire and the surviving record begins again after 1666.
Denotes a pewterer's personal mark struck on their wares to identify the maker.
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Was registered by striking the punch onto a guild touchplate, which functioned as the register itself rather than a written list.
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Lost its earlier London record when the touchplates were destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666, so identification of earlier makers is largely impossible.
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Is not a guarantee of quality in the way a hallmark is: pewter was not subject to independent assay.
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A small struck device — a figure, an animal, initials or a rebus — within a shaped punched outline on the surface of a pewter vessel.