Title: Silver /
Authors: McNab, Jessie.
Publisher: Cooper-Hewitt Museum,
Year: 1981
Subjects: Silverwork.
Abstract: For five thousand years silver has been recognized as a very special substance. Silver has never been sup- planted in its special appeal. In the course of history, silver has also bewen employed in a great many ways other than for making those objects we now call antiques and antiquities. Uses:threads,inlay,foil,drawings.
Contents: The Working of silver -- Silver in antiquity -- European and English silver, the Dark Ages to 1600 -- The Seventeenth Century, variations on the Baroque -- The Eighteenth Century, variations on Classicism -- The Nineteenth Century, eclipse of the craftsman -- Silver in the Twentieth Century -- Advice for the collector.