Acknowledgments

 

 

I would like to say thank you to the following people:

 

My editor and publisher, Martin Noble

Silver Vaults, London, www.langfords.com

Miranda McLaughlan, at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Amy Taylor at the Ashmolean  Museum, Oxford 

Lily Canvin at the Christies Assay Office

Holland House of Silver Miniatures, www.silver-miniatures.com

Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood, London

Geffrye Museum, London

The following three eBay sellers who let me use their pictures:

     Gwenygems for the toast racks

     Rebecca Emms and Edward Barnard for the George III teapot

     Mattachewey for the elf with barrel

 

Finally, I would like to thank my wife Jinty for her paience and understanding.

 

William G. Jackman            

Weston-super-Mare, 2011