Author: Judith BanisterPublisher:
ISBN: 9780600012276
Category : Silverwork
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
English Silver
Author: Judith BanisterPublisher:
ISBN: 9780600012276
Category : Silverwork
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
English, Irish, & Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
Author: Sterling and Francine Clark Art InstitutePublisher: Hudson Hills
ISBN: 9781555951177
Category : Orfèvrerie (Objets)
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
In this stunning catalog, Wees, curator of decorative arts at the Clark Art Institute, shares her extensive knowledge of silver. Robert Sterling Clark, who established the Art Institute in 1955, preferred Huguenot silver? especially that of Paul de Lamerie? so his collection, which contains typical objects from the early 16th to the mid-20th centuries, is especially rich in 18th-century examples. Wees arranges this collection according to general function ("Dining," "Lighting," etc.) and prefaces each chapter with exhaustively footnoted essays. She accompanies each item with crisp black-and-white photographs, a wealth of description, and helpful commentary. Analogous to Kathryn Buhler's standard catalog of American silver in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, this is a wonderful tool for researching makers and hallmarks, comparing stylistic elements, or just marveling at the beauty of an extraordinary collection. While not intended to be a historical compendium, this informative, visual feast belongs in all silver reference collections and will also certainly appeal to individual collectors. 19 colour & 1,222 b/w illustrations
The Book of Old Silver: English, American, Foreign
Author: Seymour B. WeylerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artists' marks
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
The Antiquarian
Author: Chats on Old Silver
Author: Arthur HaydenPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
The study of old silver usually begins when the inquiring possessor of the family plate sets himself the task of ascertaining the date and the probable value of some piece long in his family and possibly lately bequeathed to him. With old china, and probably with old furniture, the taste for collecting is oftentimes an acquired one, but it is in the Englishman's blood to ruminate over his old plate, and the hallmarks of the assay offices in London and in the provinces, in Scotland and in Ireland, have been placed thereon with aforethought. The plate closet is cousin to the strong-box, inasmuch as the coin of the realm and gold and silver plate have been subjected to stringent laws extending over a period of five hundred years. The technical word "hallmark" has become a common term in the language synonymous with genuineness. The strictest supervision, under the parental eye of the law, has upheld the dignity of the silversmith's guarantees. Hence the pride of possession of old silver. Pictures and furniture and engravings whose ancestry is doubtful thrust themselves in the market without fear of the watchful official eye. But old silver bearing the hallmarks of ancient and honorable guilds of silversmiths, stamped at the accredited assay offices, is, with few exceptions, what it purports to be. It is a proud record and a splendid heritage. It is, therefore, the author's hope that this volume will stand as an authoritative outline history of the subject of which it treats, that it may point the way to possessors of old silver to arrive at sound conclusions as to their heirlooms, and that it may indicate to collectors the salient features of their hobby.
Antiques
Author: Irish Georgian Silver
Author: Douglas BennettPublisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Illustrated Catalogue of the Remarkable and Extensive Collection of Rare and Costly Art Property Belonging to Mr. Henry Symons ...
Author: Henry SymonsThe Connoisseur
Author: Illustrated Catalogue of the Art and Literary Property Collected by the Late Henry G. Marquand
Author: Henry Gurdon MarquandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description