Silver
By: Jessie McNab
Series: The Smithsonian illustrated library of antiques
Publisher: Cooper-Hewitt Museum
Published: 1981
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Silverwork
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [123]
Table of contents: title: The Working of silver; title: Silver in antiquity; title: European and English silver, the Dark Ages to 1600; title: The Seventeenth Century, variations on the Baroque; title: The Eighteenth Century, variations on Classicism; title: The Nineteenth Century, eclipse of the craftsman; title: Silver in the Twentieth Century; title: Advice for the collector.