Author: S. A. Jeavons
Title: Church Plate in the Archdeaconry of Stafford
Description: Oxford, Charles Batey at the University Press, 1957 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this catalogue of the church plate of Stafford. The very scarce first edition of this work, printed from vol. 73 of the Transactions of the Birmingham Archaeological Society, 1955.The author, Sydney A. Jeavons, compiled many such works, and reveals that 'the inventory of the plate in this archdeaconry reveals the all too familiar story of much that has vanished since medieval times&apos.An inventory of plate present in the churches of Stafford, accompanied with information regarding weight, size, maker's mark and material specifics.With a small, neat, stamp of the library of the Assay Office of Birmingham to the front free endpaper, and no further library markings. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Fading to back strip, with some shelf wear to spine head and tail. Small library stamp to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Staffordshire Church Plate Silver sydney jeavons Church Plate Not Stated


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