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Four of these are mostly worn away. Clockwise, from top, the marks are:\na lion passant, the sterling mark for silver; ?majuscule letter 'M' in gothic script in a shield shaped punch, the date letter for the assay year 1669-70; leopard's head crowned, the mark of the London assay office; ?unidentified mark or later scratch; the initials SN, two pellets above, a star below, in a heart-shaped punch,the mark of an unidentified London maker (see Jackson, 3rd edn, 1989, p. 128).","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"The wear on the marks, punched within a small area on the base of the porringer, is extremely uneven, which may be cause for suspicion as to their genuine nature."}],"objectHistory":"Nothing is known of the early history of this object. 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