Metalware Collectibles Price Guides & Publications

Ensko has compiled an exhaustive study of gold- and silversmiths working between the years 1650 and 1850. This Dover edition, first published in 1983. 5.3” x 8.4” softback in very good condition. 287 pages.

With 176 illustrations, 99 in color, this text pictures nearly one hundred superb pieces of antique silver - from goblets, salvers, tankards, and teapots to baby rattles and egg coddlers; from ornate centerpieces to marrow spoons.

This book will benefit both the novice and advanced collector or dealer of antique silver. 8.5” x 11.5” hardback with dust cover in very good condition.

ANTIQUE BRASS & COPPER & COLLECTIBLES PRICE VALUES COLLECTORS BOOK.

7.25” x 10.25” stapled softback in very good condition.

THIS BOOK WOULD STILL MAKE A GREAT REFERENCE BOOK.

141 pages.

“The products of the colonial period are well known, but there is little authoritative research on the actual techniques of the silversmith.”. THE COLONIAL SILVERSMITH - HIS TECHNIQUES AND HIS PRODUCTS by Henry J. Kauffman, Galahad Books, NY, 1969.

History of the firms and the industrial designers who created these objects, along with patent and design information on many of the illustrated wares, are provided as well.

It is carefully organized, beginning with an introductory survey of gold and silver, which have been prized for many centuries. The various alloys – so necessary but tempting to the fraudulent – are carefully explained.

4.4” x 8.5” softback with dust cover in very good condition. 478 pages. The objects are shown in brilliant full-color photographs, along with information on origin, date, rarity, variations, and fakes.

ENGLISH IRISH & SCOTTISH SILVER AT THE STERLING AND FRANCINE CLARK ART INSTITUTE by Beth Carver Wees, Hudson Hills Press, NY, 1997. Oversize / heavy 9.4” x 12.3” hardback with dust cover in near-new condition.

Oversize / heavy 9.5” x 12.5” hardback with dust cover in very good condition. 351 pages.

500 illustrations.

Oversize / heavy 9.3” x 12” hardback with dust cover in very good condition. ”The examples of Continental silver and gold, though fewer in number than the English, are characteristic of their countries of origin.

This scarce book presents a neglected side of Art Nouveau and Art Deco decorative creations—those in silver. “Annelies Krekel-Aalberse is curator of the silver collection at Van Kempen and Begeer, a leading Dutch firm of silversmiths.

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.

Handbook of Cast Iron Pipe for Water, Gas, Steam, Air, Chemicals and Abrasives by The Cast Iron Pipe Research Association, Chicago, IL. This 1927 handbook is 336 pages long including its Index. It has flexible waster resistant black boards with gilt lettering on both the front cover and the spine.

108 pages. Good luck!

Gold Skit - Treasure of the museum USSR.

The Handbook of American SILVER and PEWTER MARKS C. Jordan Thorn. Hardcover in overall acceptable condition spine coming loose moderate shelf wear stamp on first page otherwise free of Tears or marks. Listed by David.

Book Title: The Doorstop Book: An Encyclopedia of Doorstop Collecting. You won't receive heavily thumbed shelf copies from us! We buy most titles directly from the publisher and individual authors. Authors are encouraged to submit their reference titles for our consideration.

Antique Tin & Tole Ware By Mary Earle Gould. First Edition 1958. Condition is Good. There are no markings or dog eared pages. The pages are beginning to yellow due to age. There is no dust jacket.

This is a softcover book with a signed title page (I have provided a picture of this). Text by Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough and Edited by Ann Boyce Harper, 204 pages. Book has creasing and marks on covers and page ends.

It is a hardcover book with a dustjacket and 236 pages. Great reference book for the collector of pewter.

Full Title: Victoria and Albert Museum ROYAL PLATE from Buckingham Palace & Windsor Castle. No missing pages. Binding is coming unglued. Writing on the cover. Stain on at least one page.

Here is a collector’s identification and pricing guide to Granite Ware. The index is a chart of prices and rarity estimates cross-referenced to the photo sections. THE COLLECTOR’S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GRANITE WARE: COLORS, SHAPES AND VALUES by Helen Greguire, Collector Books, KY, 1990.

Of the 38 different silver forms in the collection, more than half bare the maker’s mark of well-known colonial silversmiths. This book also expands the list of silver by little-known early silversmiths including Samuel Haugh, Thomas Coverly, Thomas Sparrow, and Jan Cluet.

Paperback Book. Like NEW-Excellent Condition.

Out of print from Collector Books. One hundred and seventy one pages.

8.5” x 11” softback in very good condition (cover has a light corner crease). 157 pages. by Everett Grist, Collector Books, KY, 1994/1995.

Adolph Silverstone, Inc. was located at 21 Allen St, New York. Looks earlier than. heavy brass, solid brass toasting forks, sold brass nut crackers. brass finish book ends, solid brass door knockers, pewter beverage.

7.5" x 10.1" hardback with dust cover in very good condition (dust cover has repaired 3” edge tear). 280 pages.

PHILADELPHIA SILVER 1682-1800 The Philadelphia Museum Bulleton Vol. LI, No. 249, Spring 1956. A collector’s item in itself, this early out-of-print book features antique silver produced in Philadelphia between 1682-1800.

There are many choice examples of Mt. Washington Art Glass in this catalogue. The Glass Press, OH, 1997. 11.75” x 9” softback in very good condition. 199 pages.

This comprehensive pictorial guide to marks “is a concise, practical handbook which provides the key information for collectors. This handbook presents all the essential information on gold, platinum and palladium marks in a concise and accessible format, providing collectors of aspiring collectors with a detailed and practical guide.”.

“English, Scottish and Irish pewter are discussed in detail, with ample reference to Continental pewter. This text covers by chapter: Advice to Collectors; Dealers’ Makers’ Dodges and Devices – Fakes; Pewter Prices; What is Pewter?.

7.8” x 10.5” hardback with dust cover in very good condition. 191 pages.