Pewter in America: Its Makers and Their Marks (Three volumes in One)
Hardcover
1981
by Laughlin, Ledlie Irwin
American Legacy Press, 1981. Hardcover. VG/VG. Grey cloth, black ill. DJ.Vol. 1: xxi, [1], 139 pp., illustrations 1-453a. Vol. 2: 242 pp., illustrations 454 - 684. Vol. 3: xii, 276 pp., illustrations 685 - 943. Traces development of pewter in England and America. Chapters cover the business of a pewterer, pewter marks, household pewter, ecclesiastical pewter, and pewterers of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts Bay. Corregenda and Marginalia cross-referenced to vol. 3 (printed in 1970). A classic and seminal reference work, still a landmark in the field. (Inventory #: 100933)