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OLD ENGLISH SILVER

by W.W. Watts

Published by Ernest Benn. 1st. 1924

Very good condition. Large format. Grey cloth, gilt title to spine. 149 pages. 134 tissue-guarded b/w plates.

A few light foxspots to contents, foxing to outer page edges. Corners rubbed and bumped.

Stock no. 679554

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Contents

  • Prefatory Note
  • List of Illustrations
  • Bibliography
  • Introduction
  • Chapter I. Goldsmiths' Guilds and Societies
  • Chapter II. Causes of Disappearance of Old Silver
  • Chapter III. The Anglo-Saxon Period
  • Chapter IV. The Medieval Period
  • Chapter V. The 16th Century. The Tudor Period
  • Chapter VI. The 17th Century, to the End of the Commonwealth Period
  • Chapter VII. The 17th Century, from the Restoration until the Year 1700
  • Chapter VIII. The 18th Century, the End of the Reign of George II
  • Chapter IX. The 18th and 19th Centuries, the Reigns of George III and George IV
  • Chapter X. Ecclesiastical Plate: Pre-Reformation
  • Chapter XI. Ecclesiastical Plate: Post-Reformation to the End of the Commonwealth Period
  • Chapter XII. Ecclesiastical Plate: from the Restoration of Charles II
  • Hallmarks
  • Index, Owners
  • Index, General

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