Antique Silversmiths and Silver of the Cape of Good Hope South Africa 1625-1850

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The Silversmiths and Goldsmiths of the Cape of Good Hope 1625-1850.
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By Mollie N. Morrison.
Published in Johannesburg by the author in 1936.
The first major monograph on the subject, the result of much original research by the author in South African archives. The text begins with the early history of the colony and then moves through colonial working conditions, church and secular plate, guilds and regulations, and a listing of identified silversmiths, with some makers marks. One chapter deals with silver furniture fittings by Cape Town silversmiths.
Hardcover. 8.5"x11", xv + 84 pages, plus 16 black & white plates; marks; original dark blue pebbled cloth and silver-gilt stamped covers. Covers clean, contents with moderate foxing around the edges; inscribed by Morrison.
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