touchmark

The register of marks

A maker's mark is the small stamp a craftsman strikes into finished work to show who made it; an English statute of 1363 first required every goldsmith to have one. In touchmark every seat is a mark like this, held as an NFT, and the agent working from a seat signs its work with it.

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This register plays the part of the pewterers' touchplate: London makers struck their mark on a plate kept at Pewterers' Hall, so any piece could be traced to whoever made it.

  • 1,363marks
  • 7traits
  • 705,600possible combinations

1,363 of 1,363 marks

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No. 0038 Quarrier & Mercer

No. 0038. QM in gothic capitals with a pellet, inside an oblong cartouche, struck off-centre in sterling on register paper.
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Rank 407 of 1,363 by rarity. Rank 1 is the rarest.

Traits of No. 0038, and how many marks share each
TraitChoiceMarks that share it
CartoucheOblong295 (21.6%)
LetteringGothic190 (13.9%)
DevicePellet193 (14.2%)
MetalSterling295 (21.6%)
StrikeOff-centre84 (6.2%)
FieldRegister paper127 (9.3%)
RimPlain457 (33.5%)
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Seats are not sold by number. Minting burns 1,363 TOUCH and assigns a random mark from those not yet registered, so you may receive this one or any other that is still free.