Author: DUFOUR, J. (PRESIDENT ANTIQUE PEWTER SOCIETY, INTRODUCTION],
Title: Keur van Tin uit de havensteden Amsterdam, Antwerpen en Rotterdam. Georganiseerd in het kader van het Belgisch-Nederlands Cultureel Verdrag. [Eerste druk; First edition],
Description: Amsterdam-Antwerpen-Rlotterdam, Museum Willet-Holthuysen (et.al.), 1979. Stout 8°. Original stiff wrappers, covertitle in bold white type with monochrome illustrations of antique pieces of Tin. 350pp. Numerous monochrome illustrations of antique Pewter from Amsterdam, Antwerp and Rotterdam, including pewters' hallmarks and expert descriptions of pieces illustrated in catalogue, summaries in engish, incl. introduction, name-lists of committe of hounour and organizing committees, biographical notes to Pewters as far as known, table of contents. WITH the Original poster to the exhibition. In-plano. Folded. Loosely inserted. Much more than a simple exhibition catalogue in dutch listing antique Pewter from the Ports of Amsterdam, Antwerp and Rotterdam organized under the Belgian-dutch cultural treaty, kept at major mnunicipal museums betweebn 13 april-December 1979. The catalogue supplies detailed expert information, veru handy for collectors of antique Pewter, on manuufacurers and their hallmarks in contributionsw by J. van Deun, J.W.M. de Jong & M.L. Caron, G.Th.H.C. Pieck. Includes summaries in english and assessments. Very good copy.

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