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Metalware

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International Hallmarks on Silver. Paris: Tardy, 1985.
Technical information in introduction. Material gathered on European common certification process for silver. Hallmarks reproduced in sections by country. Index to places mentioned. Analytical index of hallmarks listed in this book. Covers selected countries in Europe, Africa and Asia.

Rosenberg, Marc. Der Goldschmeide Merkzeichen. Frankfurt am Main: H. Keller, 1890. 4 vol.
Lists 20,000 gold and silver makers in Europe, chiefly German. Listed by city or province. Register/index of monograms reproduced.

Perry, Evan. Collecting Antique Metalware. Garden City: Doubleday & Co, 1974.
Guidebook to forms and functions of various metalware, fake and reproductions, care and conservation.

Newman, Harold. An Illustrated Dictionary of Silverware. London: Thames and Hudson, 1987.
Contains 2,373 entries on British and North American silver. Techniques, styles, leading designers and makers from ca. 1500 to the present; emphasis on 17th - 19th centuries, alphabetical arrangement, well illustrated.