hall-marked

They could see nothing remarkable about it, except two candlesticks of antique pattern which stood on the chimney-piece and appeared to be silver, “for they were hall-marked,” an observation full of the type of wit of petty towns.

Les Miserables 2008

This gift was effected by documents hall-marked by atrocious iniquity.

The Commission in Lunacy 2007

His person was garnished with fashionable trinkets, and his head furnished with ideas hall-marked by the press.

Albert Savarus 2007

This gift was effected by documents hall-marked by atrocious iniquity.

The Commission in Lunacy 2007

His person was garnished with fashionable trinkets, and his head furnished with ideas hall-marked by the press.

Albert Savarus 2007

For along with her pride went also the retiring modesty, the shrinking from prominence, that had hall-marked her years of wifehood.

Ultima Thule 2003

Perhaps, after all, she reflected, Janet was just a trifle blind where people were not hall-marked.

A Daughter of To-Day Sara Jeannette Duncan

All this a modern Thucydides would attempt to set before us, not forgetting the conservative forces and the gods of the older generation, the great Catholic and Protestant, Moslem and Socialist traditions, the power of the bankers and the merchants, the universities and the press, and all the various types of humanity produced and hall-marked by their activity.

The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Various

Early in the history of books, the reputation that hall-marked the publications of certain famous presses became a source of envy to less fortunate printers.

The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan

Woven into every inch of the fabric, plainly hall-marked on its surface, she could perceive the signature of Uncle Chris.

Jill the Reckless 1928