32 Rare Books On Antique Silver Republished For The First Time In Over 110 Years Lost for over 110 years, AntiqueSilverLibrary.com uncovers a treasure trove of information for collectors. Over 9,500 pages and 32 rare books, with many little-known silver hallmarks.
News-Antique.com - Feb 12,2009 - Lost for over 110 years, the Antique Silver Reference Library uncovers a treasure trove of antique silver information for collectors, including many previously unknown hallmarks and silver marks.
Comprising of over 9,500 pages and 32 rare, privately published and out-of-print reference books, research manuals and museum works on antique silver and the silversmith trade. Many of which–thought to be lost forever–are being republished here for the first time.
To learn more, please visit http://www.antiquesilverlibrary.com
This valuable collection of antique manuscripts has been meticulously scanned and digitized from original source documents. This is a must-have reference source for any serious collector, dealer or investor in antique silver or the silversmith art.
Many of the books were privately printed in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s and in limited quantities of 175 copies or less for museums and private collectors, making them virtually impossible to purchase by the average person. The Antique Silver Reference Library provides the exact same reference material found in these rare books...now available for scholars and avid silver collectors to enjoy.
SUBJECTS COVERED INCLUDE:
Antique silver, silver hallmarks, silver plate, silversmith background and biographies, the silver trade, work of a silver smith, silver marks, silversmithing, goldsmith, hall mark, hallmarks, maker mark, silverplate, assay, silver bullion, metal craft, gold, jewel, jewelry, precious metals, hall-marks, Sheffield plate, hall-marking, enamel, enameling, gems, precious stones, tea service, coffee pots, silver dining ware, jewelery, jewell, jewellery, jewelry, jewelers, horology, watch repair, silver extraction, silver mining, colloidal silver, silver museums, silver collections, oriental silver, American coin silver, European silver, silver artifacts, silver fabrication, provenance of silver, silver standards, silver as an investment, silver use in dining, silver exhibitions, silver auctions, silver fakes and forgeries, silver use in dining, silver restoration, silver polishing & maintenance, silver periods: early american, modern day, medieval period, renaissance, baroque, rococo, neoclassicism, arts & crafts, art deco, art nouveau, silver of ancient times.
And hundreds more subjects all relating to the study and fascination with antique silver and the silver arts.
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REFERENCE MATERIALS CONTAINED IN THIS LIBRARY INCLUDE:
* A History Of English Silversmiths, Goldsmiths And Plateworkers And Their Marks Stamped On Plate (Over 2,500 Illustrations), W. Chaffers, 1899 (300 Pages)
* Abbott’s American Watchmaker And Jeweler, An Encyclopedia For The Horologist, Jeweler, Gold And Silversmith (Illustrated With 288 Engravings), Henry G. Abbott, 1898 (394 Pages)
* American Church Silver Of The Seventeenth And Eighteenth Centuries, The Museum Of Fine Arts Boston, 1911 (280 Pages)
* Ancient And Modern Gold And Silversmith’s Work, The South Kensington Museum, London, 1878 (650 Pages)
* Art Work In Gold And Silver, Henry Wheatley, 1882 (83 Pages)
* Catalogue Of An Exhibition Of Silver Used In New York, New Jersey And The South, R.T. Haines Halsey, 1911 (193 Pages)
* Catalogue Of The Silver Plate (Greek, Etruscan and Roman) In The British Museum, H.B. Walters, 1921 (164 Pages)
* Chats On Old Silver, Arthur Hayden, 1917 (432 Pages)
* College And Corporation Silver Plate, Wilfred Joseph Cripps, 1881
