IRELAND.
355
and that no manufacture of gold shall be assayed or at such Assay Offices unless such gold work be marked with the mark which denotes the true standard of same."
entered;
stamped
DUBLIN ASSAY OFFICE MARKS. 1638 to 1729. mark. 1
806 to
1
marks
3
4 marks
807.
harp crowned, date
:
harp, date
:
letter,
letter,
Hibernia,
and
maker's:
and maker's
initials.
1807 to 1882. 5 marks: harp, date bead for duty, and the maker's initials.
Total of Marks now plate in Ireland
letter,
Hibernia, sovereign's
required to be stamped on gold
and
silver
:
GOLD. '
3.
Quality in karats (22). Harp crowned. Hibernia (Dublin assay mark,
4.
Date-letter.
5.
Duty-mark
6.
Maker's mark.
I.
Standard
2.
ist,
22 karats (6 marks).
(first
first
used 1730).
used in 1807).
'
I.
2.
Standard 2nd, 20 karats, (6 marks).
Quality in karats (20). Plume of three feathers.
3.
Hibernia.
4.
Date-letter.
5.
6.
Duty-mark. Maker's mark.
'
I
2.
Standard
3rd, 18 karats
(6 marks).
3.
Hibernia.
4.
Date-letter.
5.
6. '
3
Standards (4 marks). .
(18).
Duty-mark, sovereign's head. Maker's mark.
2.
Quality, karats and thousandths in one stamp. Hibernia.
3.
Date-letter.
4.
Maker's mark.
I.
Lower
Quality in karats Unicorn's head.
SILVER. '
I.
Harp crowned.
Old Standard,
2.
Hibernia.
2 dwts.
3.
Date-letter.
II
oz.
(5
marks). ^
Tslo
Duty-mark. Discontinued 1890. Maker's mark.
4. 5.
New
Standard
stiver is
marked
in Ireland.