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