Winterthur, DE: Winterthur Publications, 2004. Hardcover. Khaki cloth boards with white stamped lettering. Color-illustrated dust jacket with white lettering. 428 pp. BW illustrations. "Iron stands as a preeminent record of the metal's significant role in the lives of all Americans, from the beginnings of European settlement until the advent of..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. Softcover. White glossy ill. wraps. 478 pp. 334 color plates. Features 338 fully illustrated and described pieces. Collecting tips, price guide, full descriptions. These guides are very good overviews and make excellent additions to a dec arts library, no matter when published. More
Winterthur, Delaware: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc., 1996. Hardcover. Cinnamon cloth/oblong boards. Illustrated copper dj with black spine. 472 pp. with 322 items pictured in bw and 17 color plates. The first ever catalogue of a major collection of copper and its alloys. Organized by function into..... More
Winterthur, Delaware: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc., 1996. Hardcover. Cinnamon cloth/oblong boards. Illustrated copper dj with black spine. 472 pp. with 322 items pictured in bw and 17 color plates. The first ever catalogue of a major collection of copper and its alloys. Organized by function into..... More
Delaware: Antique Collectors' Club, 2007. Hardbound. Grey cloth with silver embossed title. Silversmiths to the Nation: Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner, 1808-1842" presents the first in-depth study of the celebrated silversmiths and their magnificent work. The firm these men established in Boston (1808-11) and Philadelphia (1811-42) revolutionized the significance of..... More
Delaware: Antique Collectors' Club, 2007. Hardbound. Black cloth with silver embossed title; gray pictorial DJ, 287pp, profuse color and BW illustrations. This is a signed copy by both authors. Silversmiths to the Nation: Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner, 1808-1842" presents the first in-depth study of the celebrated silversmiths and their..... More
Delaware: Antique Collectors' Club, 2007. Hardbound. Grey cloth with silver embossed title; gray pictorial DJ, 287pp, profuse color and BW illustrations. "Presents the first in-depth study of the celebrated silversmiths and their magnificent work. The firm these men established in Boston (1808-11) and Philadelphia (1811-42) revolutionized the significance of silver..... More
New York, New York: Hohmann Holdings LLC, 2009. Hardcover. Gold cloth boards, navy dust jacket with color illustration. 376 pp. over 500 full color illustrations. This beautifully illustrated volume demonstrates why clocks were so important to colonial Americans. It catalogues approximately one hundred of the very finest American clocks dating..... More
Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Northeast Auctions, 2007. Softcover. Color pictorial wraps; 232 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color photos. From the auction held February 24 (lots 600-997), May 19 (lots 1-142), and August 3 (lots 453-581), 2007; Features many American and English pewter items, as well as some early American furniture and..... More
Donald L. Fennimire, Jr., 1971. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards; ix, 111 pp.; 37 bw figures tipped in. A thesis submitted toward the fulfillment of an MA in Early American Culture from the University of Delaware; Inscribed by the author. More
Winterthur, DE: Winterthur Publications, 2004. Hardcover. Khaki cloth boards with white stamped lettering. Color-illustrated dust jacket with white lettering. 428 pp. BW illustrations. Photo is of previous item in our collection. "Iron stands as a preeminent record of the metal's significant role in the lives of all Americans, from the..... More
Winterthur, DE: Winterthur Publications, 2004. Hardcover. Khaki cloth boards with white stamped lettering. Color-illustrated dust jacket with white lettering. 428 pp. BW illustrations. Photo is of previous item in our collection. "Iron stands as a preeminent record of the metal's significant role in the lives of all Americans, from the..... More
[Winterthur, DE]/[New York, NY]: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc/Hohmann Holdings LLC, 2013. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt spine lettering, green dust jacket with color illustration and white lettering, decorative end pages, 343 pp, profusely illustrated in color. "This volume presents the definitive history of the UK-born Stretch..... More
Dover, DE: Biggs Museum of American Art, 2008. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with silver gilt lettering on cover, black and blue illustrated dust jacket with white lettering, 355 pp., color illustrations throughout. Illustrated catalogue of silver collection belonging to Col. Kenneth P. and Reginia I. Brown as presented by the..... More
Morgantown, PA: Masthof Press, 1996. Hardcover. Navy cloth, gilt letters on spine and front cover, variously paginated, BW illus.; weighs 3 lbs. Reproduction of the only surviving account book of Henry Will, an American eighteenth-century pewterer who was "among the most capable at his craft ever to work in America."..... More
