by Seymour B. Wyler
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Product Description
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," says House Beautiful, "isn't worth knowing."
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Vast collection of marks, 2006-11-27
The photography in this book is minimal, black and white and grainy. Extensive and interesting background information, though (126 pages worth). VERY extensive coverage of maker's marks for all countries. Some marks are so small as to need a magnifying glass, however. (Hence the four stars)
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 Book of Old Silver (Hallmarks), 2005-09-01
The book was in or above the condition described and is the product I was looking for. I was glad that it was readily available through Amazon.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Good reference, 2003-11-25
I bought this one, along withe another (Sterling Flatware Identification & Value Guide) for my mom and she uses it a lot. I think she uses the other one more but she always has both on hand. It has a lot of good info on how to id a piece, great pictures of hallmarks etc.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
The classic book on antique English silver!, 2001-03-24
This book is a must have if you collect antique English silver. If you only want one book on the subject this is it. If you collect American or European silver, this book would not be my first choice. You can't get more info on antique English silver including hallmarks, history, and the different pieces of flatware and holloware that were made with any other Silver book I have ever read.
9 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
 too much of nothing, 2000-10-28
Talk, talk, talk. So much information about city hallmarks and nothing about purity marks. No way to really identfy general items that a novice collector would have. Is it real or not? Talks about fakes and again nothing about standards of silver and what they are. High brow attitude toward the subject with little or no information on Continental European silver in detail. Too little to late!
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