Antique Silver - American English Foreign - 20,000 Hallmarks / Reference Book

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THE BOOK OF OLD SILVER / ENGLISH – AMERICAN – FOREIGN: With All Available Hallmarks Including Sheffield Plate Marks
by Seymour B. Wyler.  Crown Publishers Inc., NY, 1937/1971.
This early out-of-print book is an authoritative text on the identification of  antique silver including over 20,000 hallmarks with makers, dates, origins, and more.
Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs, this book provides information on the history and identification of Silver and Old Sheffield Plate.
This book provides a most comprehensive table of hallmarks -  more than 20,000 listed - including maker, mark, and date.
The following is a summary of this book’s Contents:  Old English Silver; Laws and Regulations Affecting English Hallmarks; Frauds; The Collection and Care of Old Silver; Famous English Goldsmiths; Tea Services; Drinking Articles; Condiment Sets; Flat Silver; Table Ware; Lighting Appliances; Boxes; Miscellaneous Pieces; The English Provinces; Ireland; Scotland; Sheffield Plate; Silversmithing in America; Silversmithing in Europe; How to Identify Hallmarks; Marks on English Plate; Marks on Scottish Plate; Marks on Irish Plate; Index; Sheffield Plater’s Marks; American Silversmiths’ Marks; French Hallmarks; German Hallmarks; Index; Marks on Other European Countries; Index; Bibliography; and General Index.  This resource reference belongs in the permanent library of the collector, dealer, or historian of antique silver ware.
7.6” x 10.2” hardback with dust cover in very good condition.  401 pages.
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