Author: Sir Charles James Jackson
Title: English Goldsmiths and Their Marks: A History of the Goldsmiths and Plate Workers of England, Scotland, and Ireland with over Thirteen Thousand Marks Reproduced in Facsimile from Authentic Examples of Plate and Tables of Date-Letters and Other Hall-Marks Used in the Assay Offices of the United Kingdom
Description: London, Macmillan and Co. Limited , 1921. Cloth. A very smart early edition of this historical work on English goldsmiths, alongside a plethora of marks reproduced in facsimile. The second edition, revised and enlarged. In the publisher's original cloth binding. A thorough history of the goldsmiths and plate workers of England, Scotland, and Ireland. From Sir Charles James Jackson, a British businessman, collector, barrister, newspaper executive, politician, and writer, who was an authority on antique gold and silver plate.With over thirteen thousand marks reproduced in facsimile, with the articles and owners listed alongside. With a monochrome frontispiece and several in text illustrations. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Design Goldsmiths History Illustrated Goldsmiths Not Stated


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