After the destruction of the London pewterers’ touch plates during the Great Fire of London in 1666 new ones were started in 1670 with the re-striking of surviving pewterers’ touches. Cotterell’s Old Pewter 1) therefore mainly illustrates registered London marks from the period after 1670 in the main section ‘Alphabetical list of pewterers’. It is necessary to consult Cotterell’s section of ‘Alphabetical list of initialled marks’ to understand the marked difference in size and design of the earlier marks.
