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Worshipful Company Of Goldsmiths Of London 100+ Y/O Trade Ad Card

$ 1.84

Availability: 100 in stock
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  • Condition: Used
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    Description

    Worshipful Company Of Goldsmiths Of London 100+ Y/O Trade Ad Card
    NOTE:
    THESE ARE NOT POSTCARDS
    THEY ARE TRADE/ADVERTISING CARDS.
    THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN A STANDARD POSTCARD
    AND
    THERE IS ADVERTISING TEXT ON THE BACK!
    THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
    2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
    THIS IS AN ORIGINAL 100+ Y/O TRADE  ADVERTISING CARD
    WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GOLDSMITHS  OF LONDON
    The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths is one of the Great Twelve Livery Companies of the
    City of London.
    The Company was first established as a medieval guild for the goldsmith trade. The word
    hallmarking derives from the fact that precious metals were officially inspected and marked at
    Goldsmiths' Hall, the Company's HQ. Today, the Company is one of the few Livery
    Companies still to play a formal role in its ancient trade.
    The Goldsmiths' Company oversees the London Assay Office, where objects made of
    precious metals are tested for purity, and then marked with an official symbol should they pass
    the necessary tests. At the Trial of the Pyx, the Goldsmiths' Company is also responsible for
    checking the validity of British coinage.
    NOTE:
    THE REVERSE SIDE HAS TEXT ABOUT THE IMAGE ON THE FRONT SIDE
    THE CARD DIMENTIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
    2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
    NOTE:
    THE IMAGE ABOVE IS LARGER THAN THE CARD
    TO SHOW THE DETAIL.
    THIS CARDS IS NOT A MODERN REPRODUCTION
    -
    IT WAS PRINTED 100+ YEARS AGO
    IT IS NOT PERFECT AND THIS CARD MAY HAVE
    SLIGHT PAPER LOSS - SMUDGING - ROUNDED CORNERS - SURFACE CREASE
    SEE THE IMAGES ABOVE!
    City livery companies date back to the 12th century when they had the power to determine who could
    trade, set prices and wages and ensure the quality of the relevant trade or activity.
    A guild is an association of artisans or merchants who oversee the practice of their craft in a particular
    town. The earliest types of guild were formed as confraternities of tradesmen. They were organized in a
    manner something between a professional association, trade union, a cartel, and a secret society. They
    often depended on grants of letters patent by a monarch or other authority to enforce the flow of trade to
    their self-employed members, and to retain ownership of tools and the supply of materials. A lasting
    legacy of traditional guilds are the guildhalls constructed and used as meeting places. Guild members who
    were found guilty of cheating on the public would be fined or banned from the guild.
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