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detail from a plate in Fay, J. B. Collection of Engravings
of Arabesque and Vases
1780-90 (MLEP+) Photographic Services & Permissions
General
International Hallmarks on Silver. Paris: Tardy, 1985.
(MNP 87-4312 Front.)
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 Goldschmiede Merkzeichen. Frankfurt
am Main: H. Keller, 1890. 4 vol. (MNP Front)
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. (MNK 76-967 Open)
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. (MNO 88-456 Open)
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.
Silver
Wyler, Seymour B. The Book of Old Silver. New York: Crown
Publishers, 1937, (1971). (MNO 73-1134 Front)
Essays on historical aspects
of old silver, e.g. laws, frauds, collection and care, types of silver items,
Sheffield plate. American and European countries'
hallmarks. Index to marks.
Okie, Howard Pitcher. Old Silver and Old Sheffield Plate. New
York: Doubleday, 1928. (MNP Front)
Covers silversmiths in Great Britain and
Ireland, reproducing about 13,000 hallmarks in facsimile. American tables of
date letters and other marks. Hallmarks
and date letters for Paris Guild of Silversmiths. Continental European hallmarks
are listed. A history of Old Sheffield plate is provided, with a description
of the method of its production, and key names and hallmarks.
Fallon, John P. Marks of London Goldsmiths and Silversmiths 1837
- 1914. London: Barrie & Jenkins: 1992. (MNP 93-1795 Front)
An
invaluable resource for identifying hallmarks from this time period. Provides
hallmark drawings and history of the firms involved.
Jackson's Silver & Gold Marks of England, Scotland and Ireland. Edited
by Ian Pickford. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1905, (1989). (MNP 89-26552)
Revised
and enlarged edition of Sir Charles Jackson's classic work English
Goldsmiths and Their Marks. Describes London plate, marks and names,
lists provincial goldsmiths by region, has sections on Wales, Scotland & Ireland.
Reproduces marks by date with photographs of details.
Rainwater, Dorothy T. and H. Ivan. American Silverplate. Nashville:
Thomas Nelson; Hanover: Everybodys Press, 1968. (MNO 74-18760)
Essays on historical
background, manufacturing, productions processes, styles and types of silver
by function, many drawings and photographs.
Ensko, Stephen & Dorothy. American Silversmiths and Their Marks.
Boston: David R. Godine, 1988. (MNP 90-11585 Front)
The authors have devised
a final, revised edition of the classic 1915 work by Robert Ensko and three
subsequent books by Stephen. Gives names and marks
of early American silversmiths from 1650-1850; list of silver objects with
found marks, unidentified marks; locations of silversmiths' shops with maps
provided; facsimile pages from four previous Ensko books; illustrations of
various silver forms, e.g. cups, bowls, tankards, tea sets, flatware.
Kovel, Ralph & Terry. Kovel's American Silver Marks.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1989. (MNP 89-26865 Front)
Covers two periods 1640
-1850, and 1850-1980. Alphabetical listing including initials with names/firms
listed when known, including dates and hall marks
reproduced when identified. Useful bibliography, pp. 418-421.
Rainwater, Dorthy T. American Silver Manufacturers. Hanover:
Everybodys Press, 1966. (MNO 1966 Front)
Compiled to identify silversmiths who
were manufacturers. Covers 1842 - 1920. Useful because no official guild halls
with records were established for the
U.S. Makes references to 1896-1915 Jewelers' Circular publications.
Trade-marks of the jewelry and kindred trades. Alphabetical name listing, with
cross-references, short description of individual or firm and hallmark reproduced
when available. Glossary, pp. 207 - 213, bibliography, pp. 215-223.
Brett, Vanessa. Phaidon Guide to Pewter. Englewood Cliffs:
Prentice-Hall, 1982. (MNL 86-92 Open)
Guidebook with essays on history and production
processes. Lists types of pewter by country - Western Europe and U.S. Chapters
on 19th century style:
art nouveau to contemporary. Glossary register of pewter marks, pp. 230-245.
Subject Headings:
- ART METAL-WORK
- FLATWARE
- METAL-WORK
- PEWTER
- PEWTER--MARKS
- PLATE; SILVERWORK
- SILVER BOWLS
