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  American Pewter in The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Greenwich, New York Graphic Societ, 1974. Hardcover. ISBN: 0878460802. VG, one chip gone from dustjacket. Orange cloth. 119 pp. Â
   ¶ Catalogue lists 411 works, which are listed by State, Pewterer, and then Unknown. A fair portion of the photographs have additional annotation in a knowledgeable hand. Introductory essay by Jonothan Fairbanks, followed by very useful illustrations of both the pieces and the marks of the makers.
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1290] Book number: 6852
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  The Cornelius Moore Collection ; Early American Silver.
New York, Sotheby's, 1986, January 31. Hardbound. VG. Black cloth with silver embossing. 159 lots are illustrated and described. Â
   ¶ Quite a noteworthy sale in that there was such an emphais on Rhode Island and Massachusetts silver. The largest single-owner silver sale since the 1950s.
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25 | £UK 21.25 | JP¥ 3010] Book number: 105242
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N/A.,  Pewter in American Life.
Providence, Rhode Island, Mowbray Company, 1984. Pewter Collectors' Club of America. Softcover. VG. Black illus. wraps; 159 pp.; profusely illustrated. Â
   ¶ Includes information about technology, marks, all kinds of pewter ware and imported pewter.
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1720] Book number: 107084
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  Silver from the Collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art.
Birmingham, The Birmingham Museum of Art, 1992. Softcover. ISBN: 0931394112. VG. Grey and cream decorative wraps with red lettering; 81 pp. with bw photographs of 71 items.
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2150] Book number: 108025
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N/A.,  Sterling Silver by Kirk, Established 1815.
Baltimore, Michael A. Merrill, 1992. Softcover. ISBN: 1880918021. VG. Pink heavy paper illus. covers with black lettering; 64 pp. and two advertising pp. Â
   ¶ A catalogue and price guide to pieces made by the Kirk Company, Baltimore; with a short introduction.
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2150] Book number: 107082
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  Symbols of Excellence The Victor Niederhoffer Collection of Trophy and Presentation Silver.
New York, Sotheby's, 1998. Softbound. VG. Glossy illustrated wraps. 124 pp. 176 lots pictured and described. Â
   ¶ A spectacular catalogue and now an important reference and research tool.
USD 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 36.5 | £UK 33.25 | JP¥ 4730] Book number: 105301
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ALBANY, NY: ALBANY INSTITUTE OF HISTORY AND ART, MAR. 15 TO MAY 1, 1964.,  Albany Silver, 1652-1825.
1964. Softcover. VG-, exlib with small white sticker back cover. Red buckram around original silver wraps. 81 pp. 155 bw plates. Â
   ¶ Text by Norman Rice. Includes errata and addendum sheet. This exhibition covers the silver of a single community and is chock-full of illustrations. A great find for history or silver buffs!.
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 | £UK 30.25 | JP¥ 4300] Book number: 20433
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D'AMBROSIO, ANNA TOBIN.,  A Brass Menagerie: Metalwork of the Aesthetic Movement.
Utica, New York, Munson William Proctor Arts Institute, 2005. Softcover. ISBN: 0915895293. VG. Color illus. wraps; 96 pp.; 80+ color and duotone figures.
   ¶ Accompanied an exhibition of the same name held October 2005 - March 2006; Includes several essays and beautiful photos of brass andirons, tables, candleholders, mirrors, door hardware, and more from the late 1800s.
USD 48.00 [Appr.: EURO 32 | £UK 29 | JP¥ 4128] Book number: 116002
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BARQUIST, DAVID ET AL.,  American Silver from the Kossack Collection: A Checklist.
New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery, 1988. Softcover. VG. White wraps, ill. cover; unpaginated; 26 pp w/ bw photos.
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 860] Book number: 106917
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BIGELOW, FRANCIS HILL.,  Historic Silver of the Colonies and Its Makers.
New York, The Macmillan Company, 1917. Hardcover. VG. Red cloth, gilt lettering. xxiv, 476 pp. 325 bw ills. Â
   ¶ Includes cups, beakers, tumblers, caudle cups, tankards, flagons, mugs, two-handled cups, chalices, baptismal basins, patens and salvers, dram cups or tasters, salts and saltcellars, spoons, ladles, forks, candlesticks, snuffers and trays, sconces, candle brackets, porringers, casters, chafing dishes, dish crosses, teapots, tea kettles, tea services, tea urns, tea caddies, strainers, chocolate pots, coffee pots, spout cups, tobacco boxes, snuff boxes, nutmeg boxes, sugar-boxes, sugar tongs, pitchers, sauce boats, punch bowls, Jewish synagogue silver, Roman catholic church silver, inkstands, stew pans, siphons, coasters, and bread baskets - Topics about everything but the kitchen sink!.
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2150] Book number: 27445
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BIGELOW, FRANCIS HILL.,  Historic Silver of the Colonies and Its Makers.
New York, The Macmillan Company, 1917. Hardcover. VG-, wear to cover, weak inner hinge, minor fading, bookplate. Blue cloth. xxiv, 476 pp. 325 bw ills. Â
   ¶ Includes cups, beakers, tumblers, caudle cups, tankards, flagons, mugs, two-handled cups, chalices, baptismal basins, patens and salvers, dram cups or tasters, salts and saltcellars, spoons, ladles, forks, candlesticks, snuffers and trays, sconces, candle brackets, porringers, casters, chafing dishes, dish crosses, teapots, tea kettles, tea services, tea urns, tea caddies, strainers, chocolate pots, coffee pots, spout cups, tobacco boxes, snuff boxes, nutmeg boxes, sugar-boxes, sugar tongs, pitchers, sauce boats, punch bowls, Jewish synagogue silver, Roman catholic church silver, inkstands, stew pans, siphons, coasters, and bread baskets - Topics about everything but the kitchen sink!.
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2150] Book number: 27445.1
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BIGELOW, FRANCIS HILL.,  Historic Silver of the Colonies and Its Makers.
New York, Tudor Publishing Company, 1948. Reprint. Hardcover. VG/VG. Blue cloth. xxiv, 476 pp. 325 bw ills. Â
   ¶ Includes cups, beakers, tumblers, caudle cups, tankards, flagons, mugs, two-handled cups, chalices, baptismal basins, patens and salvers, dram cups or tasters, salts and saltcellars, spoons, ladles, forks, candlesticks, snuffers and trays, sconces, candle brackets, porringers, casters, chafing dishes, dish crosses, teapots, tea kettles, tea services, tea urns, tea caddies, strainers, chocolate pots, coffee pots, spout cups, tobacco boxes, snuff boxes, nutmeg boxes, sugar-boxes, sugar tongs, pitchers, sauce boats, punch bowls, Jewish synagogue silver, Roman catholic church silver, inkstands, stew pans, siphons, coasters, and bread baskets - Topics about everything but the kitchen sink!.
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2150] Book number: 105574
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BLAIR, CLAUDE (EDITOR).,  The History of Silver.
NY, Ballantine Books, 1987. Hardcover. ISBN: 0748103082. VG/VG. Black cloth, black DJ. 256 pp. 100 color, 200 bw plates. Â
   ¶ This wonderfully illustrated and documented guide to silver is as much for the reader with a broad interest in the decorative arts and their historical background as for the serious collector. The book tells the story of the evolution of silver from the earliest times to the present, in both Europe and North America.
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1720] Book number: 15982
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BOSTON, MA: MFA, 1956.,  Colonial Silversmiths, Masters & Apprentices.
1956. Softcover. VG, slight yellowing to edge. Wraps. 98 pp. followed by 50 pages of bw illustrations (appx. 126 total illustrations). Â
   ¶ Exhibition catalogue. Catalogue lists 345 pieces by many different silversmiths. Essay by Kathryn C. Buhler. A nice catalogue on the subject with lots of information included for each item in the exhibition.
USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1032] Book number: 20331
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BRENNAN, SHAWN.,  Reflections: Arts & Crafts Metalwork in England and the United States.
New York, Kurland-Zabar, 1990. Softcover. VG-. Turquoise/Brown ill. wraps; 51 pp. text with mostly bw and 7 color photos; errata page slipped into pages. Â
   ¶ Separated into two sections of English and American metalwork from the period with generous descriptions of each piece.
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30 | £UK 27.25 | JP¥ 3870] Book number: 106923
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BRETT, VANESSA, ED.,  Silver Studies: The Journal of the Silver Society.
London, The Silver Society`, 2007`. Number 22. Softcover. VG. Tan wraps w/ illus.; 164 pp w/ bw illus.; 4 pp color ill.; 22 contributors. Â
   ¶ Twenty-two essays, each on a different topic of British or European silver history.
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2150] Book number: 106920
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BROOKLYN, NY: BROOKLYN MUSEUM, 1949.,  American Pewter.
1949. Softcover. VG. Red wraps. 36 pp. 32 bw plates. Â
   ¶ This handbook is a general introduction to American pewter and is based on the collections in the Brooklyn Museum. Includes an alphabetical list of pewter makers, grouped geographically, and sections on the history of pewter, composition, casting, Britannia ware, regional centers, classifications, and identification marks. Also contains illustrations of 32 items from the museum's collection.
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2150] Book number: 13993
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BROOKLYN, NY: BROOKLYN MUSEUM, 1959.,  Elias Pelletreau: Long Island Silversmith and His Sources of Design.
1959. VG. Grey wraps. [44] pp. 29 bw plates. Â
   ¶ Catalogue listing of 165 works, with a five-page essay by Arthur Pulos, "Eighteenth-Century Silversmithing", a four-page essay by Marvin Schwartz, "The Life of Elias Pelletreau", and a four-page essay by Marvin Schwartz, "Elias Pelletreau's Sources of Designs". Shows the work of Elias Pelletreau in relation to major trends in 18th-century design.
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30 | £UK 27.25 | JP¥ 3870] Book number: 13992
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BUHLER, KATHRYN C., ET AL.,  American Silver: Garvan and Other Collections in the Yale University Gallery (2 vols.).
New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1970. Hardcover. VG+. Cloth and boards in slipcase. 644 pp. Hundreds of bw plates. Â
   ¶ A two-page introduction on the history of the collection by Graham Hood precedes sections covering pieces from the following states: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Kentucky, Alabama, Louisiana, and California. Also includes an extensive section of reproductions of marks, as well as a section on unknown makers and European silver used in America.
USD 290.00 [Appr.: EURO 192.5 | £UK 175 | JP¥ 24938] Book number: 13696
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BUHLER, KATHRYN.,  American Silver 1655 - 1825, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2 vols).
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1972. Hardcover. ISBN: 0878460640. VG/VG, books in very good condition, slipcase is slightly worn and scuffed. Black cloth, black slipcase. Volume I: xx, 383 pp. Numerous bw plates. Volume II: pp. 384 - 708. Numerous bw plates. Â
   ¶ A truly exhaustive survey of the museum's impressive silver collection.
USD 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 83 | £UK 75.5 | JP¥ 10749] Book number: 29591
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BUHLER, KATHRYN.,  American Silver 1655 - 1825, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2 vols).
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1972. Hardcover. VG, not issued in slipcase as was the hardcover edition. Black wraps. Volume I: xx, 383 pp. Numerous bw plates. Volume II: pp. 384 - 708. Numerous bw plates. Â
   ¶ A truly exhaustive survey of the museum's impressive silver collection.
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 49.75 | £UK 45.25 | JP¥ 6450] Book number: 29591.1
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CALDWELL, BENJAMIN HUBBARD JR.,  Tennessee Silversmiths.
Winston-Salem, NC, Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, 1988. Hardbound. ISBN: 0945578016. VG+/VG+. Blue cloth with illustrated DJ. xi, 216 pp. 372 bw plates. Â
   ¶ The geography, history, and settlement and trade patterns of Tennessee, with the skills of the silversmiths themselves, contributed to the development of a distinctive regional industry. Caldwell brings together information about Tennessee silver and its makers before 1860, shedding light on the often unique style of the region. An indispensable addition to the history of American silver.
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 49.75 | £UK 45.25 | JP¥ 6450] Book number: 31445
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CARPENTER JR., CHARLES H.,  Gorham Silver 1831-1981.
New York, Dodd, Mead & Co. 1982. Hardbound. ISBN: 0396080685. VG/VG a beautiful copy. Black cloth with dark, color-illustrated dustjacket. xii, 332 pp. 8 color and 295 bw plates in addition to 40 photographs of marks and marks of 313 flatware patterns. Â
   ¶ A classic reference on the largest maker of sterling silverware in the world. Profusely illustrated with some color but mostly crisp black and white photographs.
USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 99.5 | £UK 90.5 | JP¥ 12899] Book number: 105090
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CARPENTER, CHARLES AND MARY GRACE CARPENTER.,  Tiffany Silver.
New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1978. Softcover. ISBN: 0396075479. VG/Good+, rip in top of dustjacket can be repaired. Blue cloth with color illustrated dustjacket. xix, 296 pp. 315+ bw plates. Â
   ¶ Traces the history of the company. Invaluable record of a great American art and craft for amateur and professional collectors alike (from rear cover).
USD 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 63 | £UK 57.5 | JP¥ 8169] Book number: 105569
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CLAYTON, MICHAEL.,  Christie's Pictorial History of English and American Silver.
Phaidon / Christie's, 1985. Hardbound. ISBN: 0714880183. VG+/VG+. Grey cloth with bluish, color-illustrated dustjacket. 319 pp. profusely illustrated in color and bw. Â
   ¶ A collection of English and American silver wares from approximately the past 600 years; includes over 1000 illustrations with 140 in color. Wonderful copy.
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25 | £UK 21.25 | JP¥ 3010] Book number: 105304
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