Old Silverplate Reference Guide Victorian 1880s Era incl Service Pieces, Makers

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Collector Bookstore
724 Delaware Street
Leavenworth, KS 66048
Collector Bookstore is a leading specialty retailer of price guides and reference books to inform and educate collectors and professionals in the antiques and collectors markets. Our customers include individual collectors, dealers, appraisers, auctioneers & other industry professionals. You won't receive heavily thumbed shelf copies from us! We buy most titles directly from the publisher and individual authors. Authors are encouraged to submit their reference titles for our consideration.
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The Elegance of Old Silverplate and Some Personalities by: Edmund P. Hogan
ISBN:
0916838307
Book Title:
The Elegance of Old Silverplate and Some Personalities
Author:
Edmund P. Hogan
Binding:
Hard Cover with dust jacket
Copyright:
1980
Pages:
189
Size:
8.5 x 11 in.
Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry.
Silverplating by electricity spawned a new industry in America in 1847. By the 1880s, over forty firms centered largely around Meriden, Connecticut, produced ornate objects of silverplate which have become highly prized, Today these are studied and collected as representatives of a fascinating period of American industrial history.
The designs for this silverplate drew heavily on nature and many of the articles are ornamented with flowers, twigs, nuts, birds, bees, butterflies, squirrels, cows, goats, dogs, lizards, fish, young boys and girls, fairies and cherubs.
In this book, the forms of American silverplate are identified, illustrated, and grouped together: ice pitchers, card receivers, tea sets, baskets, butter dishes, napkin rings, toilet stands, flatware, and specially commissioned pieces. Closely related pewter, glassware, and silver are discussed as they affected the silverplate industry.
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