Early American Silver Selected from the Mabel Brady Garvan Collection, Yale University
New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1960. Softcover. White ill. wraps. Unpaginated. 27 bw plates. More
New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1960. Softcover. White ill. wraps. Unpaginated. 27 bw plates. More
New Haven, CT: Gallery of Fine Arts, Yale University, 1935. Softcover. Blue stapled wraps. 37 pp. Several b&w illustrations. Ephemeral notes may be laid in. Catalogue from the exhibition held Aug. 1 to Oct. 1, 1935, at Yale, to celebrate the Connecticut Tercentenary. More
Concord, MA: Joslin Hall Publishing, 1991. Hardcover. Navy blue cloth/blue DJ. 291 pp. Numerous bw photos. "The only study of broad-bladed silver servers used for fish and other foods in the 18th and 19th centuries, this book is illustrated with 400 black and white photographs." - website description. More
West Chester: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1986. Softcover. White ill. wraps. 266 pp. Numerous bw ills. Illustrations of over 2200 marks cross-references more than 1400 manufacturers. More
1970. Softcover. White wraps. 112 pp. 46 bw plates. Exhibition catalogue. More
Bonanza Books, 1975. Hardbound. Black boards with blue, color-illustrated dustjacket. xvii, 174 pp., 145 bw illustrations. More
New Haven: Yale Center for American Art and Material Culture. Softcover. White ill. stapled wraps. 26 pp. Numerous bw ills. Commercial and domestic examples of brass in early America. A separate booklet titled "A Checklist Accompanying All That Glisters, Brass In Early America" laid in. Catalogue from the exhibition of..... More
New York: The American Craft Council, 1979. Softcover. White stapled wraps with blue/purple image and lettering. [32] pp. with 62 BW and color photos. Exhibition held January 18-March 16, 1980. Catalogue from the juried exhibition of metal works by young artists from 40 states. 575 people submitted 2,700 slide images..... More
New York: Sotheby's, 2007. Hardcover. Blue cloth with color image pasted on front cover; 75 pp., profusely illustrated in color. Special auction catalog for a single item: a unique medal owned by George Washington and eventually by the Marquis de Lafayette. Medal designed by Pierre Charles L'Enfant. Includes several very..... More
New York: Sotheby's, 2004. Paperback. Glossy color illustrated wraps. 304 pp. Profusely illustrated in color. 142 lots of superb American silver are not only catalogued, but photographed, illustrated and exhaustively annotated in this catalogue, which is sure to be a classic in the field of American Silver Scholarship for a...... More
Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1974. Softcover. Silver wraps. viii, 237 pp. 162 bw plates. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition of silver as crafted and found in New France, in Canada. With an essay by Jean Trudel. The annotated and illustrated catalogue presents 162 specific pieces. Includes bibliography, lists..... More
Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1976. Paperback. Gold and red pictorial wraps with white lettering, 146 pp., 31 color, 113 black/white reproductions, 24 figures within the text. Objects from the collections of the Mujica Gallo Foundation and the Museo Oro del Peru. More
Dallas, TX / New York: Dallas Museum of Art / Harry N. Abrams, 1994. Hardcover. Navy cloth with silver lettering on spine. Maroon and color-illustrated DJ. 365 pp. 125 color, 121 bw plates. Exhibition catalogue. Text by Venable, et al. Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held..... More
NY: American Federation of Arts, 1979. Softcover. White wraps. 193 pp. 10 color, numerous bw plates. Exhibition catalogue. Introduction by the authors, essays "'A Mineral of that Excellent Nature': The Qualities of Silver as a Metal" by William A. Lanford, "'You Shall Not Crucify Man on a Cross of Gold'..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1987. Softbound. Gray illlustrated wraps. 208 pp. Profusely illustrated in color and bw. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Houston Museum of Art. A pleasure to read through, an excellent reference. Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-200) and index. More
Winterthur, Delaware: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1969. Second printing. Softcover. Tannish glossy wraps. 109 pp. Numerous bw illus. Chapters include: "Time's Perfection and Colonial Art," by George Kubler; "The Ecclesiastic Silver of Colonial Mexico," Richard Ahlborn; "Silversmithing in Canada During the French Colonial Period," by John Langdon;..... More
Letchworth, England: National Society of Colonial Dames of America / Arden Press, 1913. limited to 506 copies. Hardcover. Green cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, gilt top edges, lxxxvij + 566 pp., 145 BW plates. Privately published. "Over two thousand pieces of silver anterior to the year 1825..... More
Letchworth, England: National Society of Colonial Dames of America / Arden Press, 1913. limited to 506 copies. Hardcover. Green cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, gilt top edges, lxxxvij + 566 pp., 145 BW plates. Privately published. "Over two thousand pieces of silver anterior to the year 1825..... More
Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1920. #34 of 325 copies. Softbound. vii, 125 pp. Fronitce has some illustrative touchmarks. What this copy lacks in condition it makes up for in the marginalia present that adds names, corrects spellings, etc. A rare book and very sought-after. Well worth rebinding. So which would be..... More
Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1920. #103 of 325 copies. Hardbound. Dark blue boards with original gray wraps bound inside, vii, 125 pp. Frontispiece has some illustrative touchmarks. This copy is signed by the author and is numbered 103 out of 325. A rare book and very sought-after. More
Tiffany & Co., 1920. Hardcover. Off-white paper over boards; Unpaginated, approx. 40 pp.; No illustrations. 75 pieces listed; According to a note written at the back of the book, this silver was collected by George S. Palmer and later became the beginnings of the collection belonging to Edsel B. Ford;..... More
Lima: Patrono Plata del Peru, 1997. Hardcover. Black cloth/boards with white lettering. Color-illus. dj with white lettering. 385 pp. with color and bw illus., numbered by chapter. Text in Spanish. Contents include: Introduction; Silver and its Treatment in Pre-Columbian Art (4 sub-sections); Colonial Silverwork, a Divine Exchange (2 sub-sections); Silver..... More
Kingston, R. I. William Davis Miller / Joslin Hall Publishing, 1928, 1992. "Reprinted in an edition of 250 numbered copies." Hardcover. Maroon cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, cream & ilus. dust jacket in mylar cover, xii, 50 pp. 18 bw plates. Full biographical and occupational information (markings..... More
Rio de Janeiro: Brazil, 1988. Hardcover. Forest green cloth boards with stamped lettering. BW-illustration pasted in. Glossy dust jacket with illustration and grey lettering. 325 pp. Profusely illustrated. Text in Portuguese. More
Extremely rare. Softcover. Grey wraps, black cloth spine. Unpaginated. 8 bw plates. American, French and English pewter. More