In 1919 the international banker Jack Pierpont Morgan (son of the more famous John Pierpont Morgan) received the freedom and livery of the Goldsmiths’ Company in London, in recognition of his role in securing American backing for the Allied effort in the First World War. He gave the Company a piece of Tudor domestic silver, a double bell salt, to mark his gratitude and to complement the historic plate collection that the Company was building to rival that of national museums. The Company’s Court Books, as recently analysed by David Mitchell, also reveal the importance of Morgan’s salt in documenting the Company’s role in hallmarking and trade regulation around 1600, adding to its significance within the collection. The context of Morgan’s gift reveals much about the interrelated nature of banking and collecting, high finance and politics at the end of the First World War.

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钟盐和银行家：1919 年杰克·皮尔庞特·摩根 (Jack Pierpont Morgan) 送给金匠公司的礼物

1919 年，国际银行家杰克·皮尔庞特·摩根（更著名的约翰·皮尔庞特·摩根的儿子）获得了伦敦金匠公司的自由和制服，以表彰他在确保美国支持第一次世界大战中的盟军努力方面所发挥的作用。他给了公司一块都铎国产银，一种双钟盐，以表达他的感激之情，并补充公司正在建造的与国家博物馆相媲美的历史盘子收藏。正如大卫米切尔最近分析的那样，公司的法庭书籍也揭示了摩根盐在记录公司在 1600 年左右的标志和贸易监管中的作用方面的重要性，增加了其在收藏中的重要性。摩根礼物的背景揭示了银行和收款的相互关联性质，