(writing) as well as an amusing, if odd choice of symbol to associate with silversmithing and plate.This artisan's shop was located on Fleet street in Central London (where the early newspapers were located) at a pub called The Grasshopper.
There were many public houses in this very old, very famous and occasionally very nasty part of central London. Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber had his shop on Fleet street, where he is said to have slain over 150 customers with his silver edged razors. Perhaps this fellow knew him .....
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