Author: Belden, Louise Conway
Title: Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection
Description: Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia, 1980. Hardcover. Navy cloth with silver lettering, silver ill. DJ. 505 pp. with 239 bw illus. Informational notes/letter regarding hallmarks laid in. Compilation of 1700 marks of more than 1400 American silversmiths who were active between 1670 and 1870. Includes photographs of marks previously only listed or sketched. 373 marks are identified for the first time, and sources for the identification of each mark is given. The bibliography lists more than 350 books. A Winterthur Book. VG- contents, free of marks but with former owner's name in ink on ffep. Bookplate inside front cover. Binding bumped and covers wearing at edges. Dj fair; in one piece but with severe wear to top/bottom edges.

Keywords: American Decorative Arts; Silversmiths; Silver; Ineson-Bissel Collection ; Silver; Ineson-Bissel Collection ; ; Fine Metalwork - American


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