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ˈplate-mark [f. plate n. + mark n.1] 1. A name for the various marks legally impressed on gold and silver plate for the purpose of indicating maker, degree of purity, hall or place of assay, date, etc.; also called hall-mark. These consist of (1) the maker's initials or mark; (2) the mark of the particular assay-office; (3) the assay-mark or sovereign's mark; (4) a letter indicating the date. Plate made between 1784 and 1890 also bore (5) the duty-mark, being the head of the reigning sovereign.
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Plate marks, special marks..stamped on gold or silver plate. 1883Chambers's Encycl. VII. 585 There can be no deception, if the public understand the plate-marks. 2. The impression left on the margin of an engraving by the pressure of the plate.
1889Anthony's Photogr. Bull. II. 62 If a plate mark is wanted it can be easily put on when the mat is partly dry by using the edge of a blunt chisel-shaped piece of hard wood, with a ruler as a guide. 1903Daily Chron. 28 Dec. 3/4 It has..been alleged that the plate mark has been added to the prints subsequently. Hence ˈplate-marked a., having a plate-mark.
1902Westm. Gaz. 7 May 12/2 Portraits..printed..on handsome plate-marked boards, with gold bevelled edges. |