Taking a scraping of gold for testing, Assay Offices, Portobello Street

Molten gold and silver, with the lead and base metal oxidised out, is removed from the furnace to be cooled and analysed, Assay Offices, Portobello Street

Stamping a mark, Assay Offices, Portobello Street

Scraping metal from a Lonsdale Belt, Assay Offices, No.137 Portobello Street

Principal guests at the Cutlers Feast, Cutlers Hall, Church Street, showing (front row, second left) Alderman Alfred Vernon Wolstenholme, Lord Mayor and (front row, third left) Quintin Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham, Lord President of the Council

328th Cutlers Feast, Cutlers Hall, Church Street

Principal guests at the 329th Cutlers Feast, Cutlers Hall, Church Street, showing (front row, third left) Edward Heath, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer

Edward Heath, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (left), chief guest at the 329th Cutlers Feast, Cutlers Hall, Church Street

Principal lady guests at the 329th Cutlers Feast, Cutlers Hall, Church Street

Guests at the 329th Cutlers Feast, Cutlers Hall, Church Street