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Title: Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
ISBN: 076431887X
Author:
Dorothy T. Rainwater
Martin Fuller
Colette Fuller
Publicate Date: 2003-08-30
Publish: 2003-08-30
List Price: $29.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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1: Dorothy Rainwater: Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers
This book is an invaluable resource for any business or collector dealing in silver (coin, silverplate, or sterling). This was a gift I purchased for a collector's library and the third reprint I've purchased over the years. A must-have book for the silver research library.
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2: Useful for the amateur archaeologist/house restoration hobbyist
I got this book through inter-library loan on the advice of an online silver seller and hobbyist? expert? We are restoring an 1800s farmhouse in New York state, and have found various bits of silver and pottery and other things. Everything is quite worn and dirty from being underground for decades. I did a number of online searches but it was this book which enabled me to identify, just in the course of one afternoon, two pieces of cutlery -- one old silver, one less old silverplate, and be fairly secure in the ID because this book tells a bit about some of the marks, such as their locale.
No resource is infinite. This book shows many, many marks, and the text tells of the history and relationships among many of the manufacturers. I'd definitely recommend it to anyone else doing research. Don't forget your loupe or other strong magnifier!
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3: Not Up to Date
This is a good book for American Hallmarks BUT, it is extremely out-of-date. Also, many entries do not have a picture of the mark, making identification difficult. There must be a better book out there somewhere!
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4: Silver information
This is a "must have" for anyone who collects, sells or loves sterling silver.
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5: silver collecting American antique
this is the book to have if you are an antique silver collector. Wonderful addition to my silver library
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