Antique Iron: Survey of American and English Forms, Fifteenth through Nineteenth Centuries

Herbert, Peter and Nancy Schiffer

Exton, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1979. Hardbound. Black cloth with gilt lettering and design. White printed dustjacket with mylar cover. 348 , [4] pp., profusely illustrated in bw. VG/VG (shelf & edge-wear to covers; may have worn area to lower edge. dustjacket has edge-wear; scuffing & foxing). Item #105213
ISBN: 9780916838263

A monumental reference work, with hundreds of useful annotated illustrations. A reference you will use again and again. Antique collectors, iron buffs, and industrial historians will welcome the opportunity to browse through its pages, which contain hundreds of photographs of fascinating items. Architectural hardware, lighting devices, and irons, tools, toys, weathervanes, fences and gates, and kitchen utensils are all presented, with examples taken from rarely-viewed private collections as well as major museums. Concise descriptions of each item pictured augment text that includes a great deal of historical and manufacturing information. You'll find details on the iron works at Saugus, Massachusetts; Batsto, New Jersey; Hopewell, Pennsylvania; and more. There's a discussion of the regional products of the South, Midwest, and Northeast of the United States, along with plenty of information on influences from England and Europe. (Crunruh).