as cc Snap/ 5 which formed a feature in the Corporation 
processions on Guild days from 1451 to 1835, and in the 
wall cases are preserved dresses worn by the £C Whifflers ” 
and Standard-bearers who accompanied the Mayor on 
like occasions ; there are also some robes worn by Aldermen 
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and Mayors. Memories of early politics are evoked by 
the sight of the Parliamentary chair in which after the 
election the successful candidate was cc chaired ” in the 
Norwich Market Place, by his enthusiastic and exuberant 
supporters. 
NORWICH SILVER. 
The Norwich goldsmiths occupied a very prominent 
position among the provincial craftsmen of England and 
such magnificent pieces of plate as the Reade Salt (1568) 
could compete in quality and execution with York and 
Exeter or even London itself. The Norwich goldsmiths 
and their marks are exhaustively dealt with by Mr. C. J. 
Jackson in his work cc English Goldsmiths.” 
From 1565 to 1580 the marks consisted of the castle 
over lion (the town mark), a date letter, and a maker’s mark, 
such as an orb and cross, trefoil slipped, the sun in splendour, 
etc., the emblems of the various craftsmen who made the 
different articles. The date letter C, 1567, is by far the 
commonest of all the known letters of this cycle appearing 
as it so often does on Church plate. It is thought that 
Archbishop Parker called in the old massing chalices and 
patens and issued a new set in the year 1567. Hence the 
frequency of the date letter for that year. 
The Museum is fortunate in being able to exhibit such 
pieces as the Elizabethan Beaker from the old Dutch 
Church at Norwich, and beautiful examples of Chalices 
and covers on loan from various local Churches. 
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POTTERY AND PORCELAIN. 
A large case in the centre of the Keep contains a series of 
specimens illustrative of the evolution of pottery from 
the 17th to the 19th centuries commencing with the early 
slip-ware, stoneware and salt glaze. 
Lowestoft Porcelain. 
During recent years through the generosity of cc Friends 
of the Museum,” supplemented by grants from the Board 
of Education, the Museum has been able to acquire a large 
and representative collection of both blue and white and 
polychrome Lowestoft Porcelain. The local factory 
opened in 1757 and finally closed down in 1803, and its 
products have no distinguishing mark such as was usual 
with other Potteries. In 1902-4 excavations on the site 
produced a quantity of fragments of porcelain and many 
moulds, a selection of which is exhibited in a table case. 
A collection of the products of other early English 
Potteries is gradually being got together by gifts an 1 
purchases. 
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