Top 10 Best "Antique Silver" Books

The Connoisseur's Handbook of Antique Collecting

Helena Hayward

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The Book of Old Silver

Seymour B. Wyler

Antique Silver

The Book of Old Silver

A history and guide to Old Silver and Old Sheffield Plate, with the most comprehensive table of hallmarks ever published in one book. Here is the fascinating story of the great silversmiths and their art. All the factors of interest to the amateur, collector or connoisseur of Old Silver and Old Sheffield Plate are authoritatively covered:The development of design in tea services, flatware, candlesticks, trays, cups. Values and scarcity. Where to buy. How to collect. How to detect frauds. Reproductions. And most important, this book permits the exact and indisputable identification of Old Silver by means of the Hallmark tables. These are conveniently and simply arranged so that anyone may trace in a few moments any hallmarked piece of silver of American, English, Sheffield, French, German or other European origin.The splendid pictures are from photographs of authentic pieces from the foremost dealers in Antique Silver. Mr. Seymour B. Wyler, himself a well-known New York dealer, is regarded both in this country and abroad as an authority. "What the Kovels don't know about antiques," sa...

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Indian Silver Jewelry of the Southwest, 1868-1930

Larry Frank
Millard J. Holbrook

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Starting To Collect Silver

Ian Pickford

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Antique Silver Servers for the Dining Table

Benton Seymour Rabinovitch

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Miller's Silver & Sheffield Plate Marks

John Bly

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English Silver Hall-Marks

Judith Banister

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The Definitive Guide To Storing Gold & Silver

Doyle Shuler
Ritchie Tongo

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Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers (Schiffer Book for Collectors)

Dorothy T. Rainwater
Martin Fuller
Colette Fuller

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Warman's Sterling Silver Flatware

Phil Dreis

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Hopi Silver

Collectors all over the world prize the distinctive silver jewelry crafted by the Hopi people of northern Arizona. Margaret Wright's comprehensive guide, first published over thirty years ago and updated in 1998 to include new artisans, has long been considered the best available reference on Hopi silversmithing and is now available only from UNM Press.

Beginning with a brief look at the geographic area that helped form Hopi identity and culture, Wright moves on to examine Hopi silversmiths from the late nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century. Included is the important role played by Mary Russell-Colter of the Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff. Russell-Colter encouraged the Hopis to adopt a unique design style that would set their work apart from other Indian silver work, thereby making it more easily distinguishable and profitable. Wright also provides a survey of the tools utilized by the artisans.

The index of hallmarks utilized by more than 300 Hopi silversmiths, arranged chronologically and by type of symbol, with brief information abo...

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Hopi Silver

Margaret Nickelson Wright

Antique Silver

All About Antique Silver with International Hallmarks

Diana Sanders Cinamon

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