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Coffee Cup. — Hall Mark, 1730. Presented 

 in 1789 by Robert Precious. Plate IV., fig. i. 



Six Taper or Pipelight Candlesticks. — 

 Baluster stem and bases hexagonal. Height, 5^ 

 inches. Hall mark, 1720. Purchased by the 

 Company. Plate V., fig. 3. 



A PAIR OF Silver Candlesticks of very graceful 

 pattern designed, after the style of Flaxman, from 

 the antique. An elegant stem or pedestal, 

 decorated at the shoulders with rams' heads 

 upon a festooned base, supports an amphora- 

 shaped vase or urn (but without arms), which 

 holds the sconce. Height, 12 inches. Hall mark, 

 1738. Plate IV., fig. 2. 



Another pair exactly similar but of later date, 

 and bearing the Sheffield assay mark ; the date 

 mark is, however, not legible. 



A SILVER-MOUNTED Ram's-head Mull, presented 

 by Thomas Porteen Smith, Master in 1869. The 

 lid of the box is mounted with a fine yellow cairn- 

 gorm, which again is surmounted by the figure of 

 a horse, saddled and bridled. The head is a very 

 handsome one, and the horns are tipped with two 

 other cairngorms of a darker colour. The mull 

 bears the Edinburgh assay mark, the date of 

 which corresponds to the year 1853. 



The remainder of the Company's plate is 



