Old Silver and Old Sheffield Plate
Okie, Howard Pitcher
From Douglas Park Media, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 17 July 2019
From Douglas Park Media, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 17 July 2019
About this Item
Doubleday and Company, 1946, a reprint of the 1928 first. Hardcover. black boards w/ blind-stamped design & printing to front board, faux gilt title to spine. No DJ. book xvi, 420 pgs w/ bw frontis & 11 bw plates. A history of the silversmith's art in Great Britain and Ireland with reproductions in facsimile of about thirteen thousand marks. Tables of date letters and other marks. American silversmiths and their marks. Paris marks and Paris date letters with a descriptions of the methods of marking employed the Paris Guild of Silversmiths. Hallmarks, and date letters when used, of nearly all the countries of Continental Europe reproduced in facsimile. a history of Old Sheffield Plat and a description of the method of its production, with the names and marks, in facsimile, of every known maker. Boards lightly scuffed, light shelf wear along bottom edge of boards, small stain on bottom edge pages; aside from photographs, the paper stock itself is light weight/cheap as this is a reference work rather than something to be read cover to cover. From the authors forward: This book has been written with the single purpose of enabling the reader to establish the origin and authenticity of antique silver and Old Sheffield Plate ….Education in the directions indicated is essential to prevent self-deception. Seller Inventory # JG2403-41-BX-4-AR
Bibliographic Details
Title: Old Silver and Old Sheffield Plate
Publisher: Double Day and Company
Publication Date: 1946
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
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