Colonial Antique Silver - History Manufacturing Techniques / Scholarly Book

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THE COLONIAL SILVERSMITH - HIS TECHNIQUES AND HIS PRODUCTS
by Henry J. Kauffman, Galahad Books, NY, 1969.
Illustrated with approximately 200 black-and-white photographs and line drawings, this scarce out-of-print book provides a comprehensive survey of early American Colonial silver.  “The products of the colonial period are well known, but there is little authoritative research on the actual techniques of the silversmith.”  With graphic explanation the author describes the tools and techniques used by colonial artisans in fashioning the wide variety of silver objects that today are so collectible.  Lavishly illustrated, this book preserves information about the tools, materials, and techniques and products of the silver trade in 18th century America.  Photographs of the finished products together with detailed illustrations of the step-by-step fabrication of individual objects supplement the text.  Pictured are forks and spoons, plates and basins, cups and beakers, porringers and bowls, mugs and tankards, teapots and coffeepots, inkstands, nails, Indian medals, candlesticks, buttons and buckles, and many more items.  This extremely informative book belongs in the permanent reference library of the collector, dealer, or historian of antique silver.
7.25" x 10.1" hardback with dust cover in very good condition.   176 pages.
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