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Book English  Irish    Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

Download or read book English Irish Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute written by Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute and published by Hudson Hills. This book was released on 1997 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Book English Silver Spoons

Download or read book English Silver Spoons written by Michael Snodin and published by Sterling Publishing (NY). This book was released on 1982 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Early American Silver in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Download or read book Early American Silver in The Metropolitan Museum of Art written by Wees, Beth Carver and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2013 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing provided

Book Silver Flatware

Download or read book Silver Flatware written by Ian Pickford and published by ACC Distribution. This book was released on 1983 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ian Pickford takes a wide-ranging look at flatware patterns and, at the same time, discusses in deatil flatware makers, stylistic developments, quality, repairs, fakes, forgeries and alterations as well as the marking of flatware. A large part of the book is devoted, in reference form, to the patterns themselves. Silver flatware is highly collectable and this is the standard work of reference.

Book European Spoons Before 1700

Download or read book European Spoons Before 1700 written by John Emery and published by John Donald. This book was released on 1976 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Book of Old Silver  English  American  Foreign

Download or read book The Book of Old Silver English American Foreign written by Seymour B. Weyler and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Connoisseur

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1908
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 486 pages

Download or read book The Connoisseur written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Silver in England

Download or read book Silver in England written by Philippa Glanville and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2005. Silver is unique among the decorative arts in that its raw material is both inherently valuable and infinitely reusable. Its ownership has been a social bench-mark and its form has exercised the skills of sculptors, designers, chasers and engravers, but ultimately it could be, and normally was, melted down and refashioned quite without sentiment. Because of this constant recycling, the survival of any individual object is quite random and unrelated to its uniqueness or otherwise in its period. Hitherto plate historians have focused on individual objects almost to the exclusion of the context - social or economic - from which they came but now that context is seen as crucial in understanding historic plate. So in the first section of this book each chapter considers contemporary attitudes and usage.

Book Antique Silver

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ian Pickford
  • Publisher : Antique Collectors Club Dist
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9781851494507
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Antique Silver written by Ian Pickford and published by Antique Collectors Club Dist. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This compact and readable volume will inform and inspire not only those starting to learn about and collect silver but also those already commited to this fascinating metal."--Pg. [2]--Cover.

Book A Guide to the Mediaeval Antiquities

Download or read book A Guide to the Mediaeval Antiquities written by British Museum. Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Georgian Silver Sugar Tongs

Download or read book Georgian Silver Sugar Tongs written by Graham Hodges and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Georgian silver has become extremely collectable in recent years. Sugar tongs are still relatively inexpensive and offer the collector some stunning examples of craftsmanship of the 18th century. This book will tell you everything you want to know about Georgian silver sugar tongs.

Book Scottish Gold and Silver Work

Download or read book Scottish Gold and Silver Work written by Ian Finlay and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 1999-04-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original edition, published in 1956, was the first in its field, and it remains the only comprehensive treatment of the subject.

Book Palmers  Index to the Times Newspaper

Download or read book Palmers Index to the Times Newspaper written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Apollo

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  • Release : 1926
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 464 pages

Download or read book Apollo written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes section "Book reviews."

Book The Baruch Collection

Download or read book The Baruch Collection written by McKissick Museum and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features 150 photographs, fully annotated catalog entries, and an interpretive essay on the Baruch family and their collection.

Book Transactions of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Download or read book Transactions of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland written by and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 1 includes history, by-laws and membership of the society.