Silver

This list represents only a small portion of our collection. If you don’t find what you need ask a librarian for help.

Introductory Materials

Cumming, Robert
Christie’s guide to collecting
Prentice-Hall, 1984.
(r) N5200 .C48 1984

Kovels’ know your antiques
Crown, 1993.
(r) NK1125 .K65 1993x

Oxford companion to the decorative arts
Clarendon Press, 1975.
r NK1165 .O85

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Identification

Art Deco
(Miller’s antique checklists)
Viking, 1991.
NK1396.A76 A78 2000

Bradbury’s book of hallmarks: a guide to marks of origin on British and Irish silver, gold and platinum and on foreign imported silver and gold plate 1544 to 1987
J. W. Northend, 1987.
(r) NK7210 .B75 1987x

Kovel, Ralph and Terry
A Directory of American silver, pewter, and silver plate
Crown, 1961.
(r) 739 K39

Rainwater, Dorothy T.
Encyclopedia of American silver manufacturers
Schiffer, 1998.
rNK7112 .R3 1998

Tardy
International hallmarks on silver
Tardy, 1985.
rNK7210 .R37 1985x

Jewelers’ circular / keystone sterling flatware pattern index
[American sterling flatware manufacturers and patterns]
rTS735 .J453 1989 (Science and Technology Department )

Marks and monograms of the modern movement 1875 - 1930
Scribner, 1977.
r N45 .H37 1977b

Marks of London goldsmiths and silversmiths: Georgian Period (c. 1697-1837)
Arco, 1972.
rNK7210 .F3x

Miller’s silver & Sheffield plate marks: including a guide to makers & styles
Millers,1993.
(r) NK7210 .B564 1993x

Osterberg, Richard F.
Silver Flatware Dictionary
A.S. Barnes, 1981.
(r) NK7104 .O77

Silverplated flatware, an identification & value guide
Collector Books, 1990.
(r) qNK7242 .F55 H3 1990x

Sotheby'sconcise encyclopedia of silver
Charles Truman, editor
Conran Octopus, 1996.
q NK7106.S67 1996

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Buying, Selling, and Caring for Silver

Kovel’s antiques & collectibles price list
Crown, 2000.
NK1125.A39 41st ed. 2009

Kovels guide to selling, buying, and fixing your antiques and collectibles
Crown, 1995.
(r) NK1125 .K643 1995

Schroeder’s antiques price guide
Collector Books, 2009.
q NK1125.S327 27th ed. 2009

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