Old London Silver: Its History, Its Makers and Its Marks
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. First. Hardcover. Remnants of gree leather gilt embossed cover mounted on new cloth boards, as well as spine remnants. 405 pp., 5 full-page illustrations in silver-gilt including frontispiece, 173 bw figures in text, and over 4,000 facsimilies of makers marks and hall-marks. VG, a very nice restoration. Item #128429.2
A classic book. Summarized from the preface: Includes a short history of the silversmiths' art in England, illustrated by portraits of distinguished ones, and "pieces of silver that one finds on a well-appointed table…The list of makers' marks is the most elaborate ever compiled…The difficult question of frauds is considered."
Price: $29.97