Hardcover
1980 · Charlottesville
by Belden, Louise Conway
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1980. Hardcover. VG- contents, free of marks. Binding bumped and covers faded and with general shelf wear. Dj fair; in one piece but with severe wear to top/bottom edges and small pieces missing.. Navy cloth with silver lettering, silver ill. DJ. 505 pp. with 239 bw illus. Signed by the author on title page. Compilation of 1700 marks of more than 1400 American silversmiths who were active between 1670 and 1870. Includes photographs of marks previously only listed or sketched. 373 marks are identified for the first time, and sources for the identification of each mark is given. The bibliography lists more than 350 books. A Winterthur book.
(Inventory #: 153924)