Silversmiths to the nation
Subtitle: Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner, 1808-1842
By: Donald L. Fennimore and Ann K. Wagner ; with contributions from Cathy Matson, Deborah Dependahl Waters, Beth Carver Wees.
Contributors: Wagner, Ann K. 1967-; Matson, Cathy D., 1951-; Waters, Deborah Dependahl.; Wees, Beth Carver.; Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
Publisher: Antique Collectors' Club
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781851495436
Subjects: Fletcher, Thomas -- Exhibitions.; Gardiner, Sidney -- Exhibitions.; Fletcher & Gardiner -- Exhibitions.; Silverwork -- United States -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Winterthur Museum & Country Estate.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-281) and index.
Table of contents: value: Philadelphia in the Early Republic / Cathy Matson; value: "Rich and fashionable goods": the precious metals trades in Philadelphia, 1810-1840 / Deborah Dependahl Waters; value: Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner: their lives and work / Donald L. Fennimore and Ann K. Wagner; value: Fletcher & Gardiner: seeking the font of antiquity / Donald L. Fennimore and Ann K. Wagner; value: Fletcher & Gardiner: seeking the font of antiquity / Donald L. Fennimore and Ann K. Wagner; value: Fletcher & Gardiner: arbiters of taste / Donald L. Fennimore and Ann K. Wagner; value: Design drawings for Fletcher & Gardiner's hollowware and swords / Beth Carver Wees.