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		<title>What’s in a name?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have recently been researching the etymology of family surnames in order to be able to provide more information to our visitors to www.myfamilysilver.com. There appear to have been many books written on the subject and most are largely subjective. Surnames generally derive either from a place or a nickname indicating size or looks. For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘The Fairy Summons,’ an early Victorian daydream</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Henry Fitz-Cook&#8217;s design for &#8216;The Fairy Summons&#8217; (The Art-Union, London, 1848, p. 218); a silver-gilt table bell, C.T. &#38; G. Fox, London, 1871, probably retailed by Lambert &#38; Co (Sotheby&#8217;s Belgravia, 10 July 1975, lot 225, photo: courtesy Sotheby&#8217;s, London) â€˜The Fairy Summons,â€™ a design for a hand bell by the artist Henry Fitz-Cook (1824?-1898), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Howell &amp; James supplies the Sultan of Turkey’s gold casket, 1867</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Sultan of Turkey&#8217;s gold casket, presented by the Corporation of the City of London on 18 July 1867, &#8216;is a hexagon, supported at the sides by six carved columns of Oriental character, surmounted by one large and two small cupolas. At the top of the central dome are the arms of the City, enamelled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some bronzes and imitation bronzes by English silversmiths</title>
		<description><![CDATA[an advertisement by Mappin Brothers of Sheffield, and 220 Regent Street and 66 Cheapside, London, &#8216;Fine Art Jewellers, Gold and Silversmiths, &#38;c.,&#8217; for their commemorative bust of Queen Victoria after an original model by Marie Geflowski (1864-1932) (from The Sketch, London, 13 April 1901, p. i) It is not generally remembered that a number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Will You be My Teddy Bear?’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anna Held as she appeared in 1908 for the song &#8216;Will You be My Teddy Bear?&#8216; in The Parisian Model, Broadway Theatre, New York City, and on tour (photo: unknown, New York, 1908; John Culme&#8217;s Footlight Notes Collection) In 1896 Anna Held, the fascinating European star of Florenz Ziegfeld junior&#8216;s Follies and other Broadway shows, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Storr &amp; Mortimer’s New York City branch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[a silver coffee pot and tea kettle on lampstand, shown by Hunt &#38; Roskell, successors to Mortimer &#38; Hunt (late Storr &#38; Mortimer) at the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, New York City, 1853, where the firm&#8217;s exhibit was under the superintendence of Charles Mogridge, one of Paul Storr&#8217;s former apprentices (B. Silliman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maharajah Duleep Singh’s magnificent silver centrepiece</title>
		<description><![CDATA[the large (now presumed lost) silver centrepiece made by R. &#38; S. Garrard &#38; Co for Maharajah Duleep Singh&#8217;s dining table, shown at the International Exhibition of 1862. &#8216;It has been designed to record an interesting incident in the history of his Highness&#8217; father&#8230; The Maharajah, riding on an elephant, is in the act of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The fascination of old trade cards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[an engraved trade card for John Houle, working silversmith, 24, Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell, &#8216;WAITERS of all Sizes ON SHOW AT the lowest Prices FOR CASH,&#8217; London, circa 1830 (private collection) Among the most enduring forms of advertising is the humble trade card. In England early examples, which appeared at the close of the 17th [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sealed with a loving kiss</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sealing a document or letter with wax may seem rather archaic in the age of email. Yet signet rings &#8211; whichÂ were developed centuries ago to do just that -Â are increasingly popular, even warranting a recent feature in the Financial Times as the coming new fashion accessory (see The Signet Ring is Back in Fashion, FT, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to treat a lady at Christmastime</title>
		<description><![CDATA[left to right: three enamelled &#8216;Merry Christmas&#8217; brooches, &#8216;specialitÃ©s for the million,&#8217; manufactured by Booth Brothers, Birmingham (The Jeweller and Metalworker, London, 14 November and 1 December 1888, pp. 346 and 358); a silver ring stand and a &#8216;Solid Silver James I Cream Ewer&#8217; (in the style of George II) (The Lady&#8217;s Realm, London, June [...]]]></description>
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