Author: Richard Mayne
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780850335422
Category : Hallmarks
Languages : en
Pages : 153

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Author: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
Publisher: Hudson Hills
ISBN: 9781555951177
Category : Orfèvrerie (Objets)
Languages : en
Pages : 606

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In this stunning catalog, Wees, curator of decorative arts at the Clark Art Institute, shares her extensive knowledge of silver. Robert Sterling Clark, who established the Art Institute in 1955, preferred Huguenot silver? especially that of Paul de Lamerie? so his collection, which contains typical objects from the early 16th to the mid-20th centuries, is especially rich in 18th-century examples. Wees arranges this collection according to general function ("Dining," "Lighting," etc.) and prefaces each chapter with exhaustively footnoted essays. She accompanies each item with crisp black-and-white photographs, a wealth of description, and helpful commentary. Analogous to Kathryn Buhler's standard catalog of American silver in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, this is a wonderful tool for researching makers and hallmarks, comparing stylistic elements, or just marveling at the beauty of an extraordinary collection. While not intended to be a historical compendium, this informative, visual feast belongs in all silver reference collections and will also certainly appeal to individual collectors. 19 colour & 1,222 b/w illustrations

Author: Charles Frederick Holder
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Channel Islands (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 512

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Author: Marie-Louise Backhurst
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1844686604
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 165

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Tracing Your Channel Islands Ancestors is an expert introduction for the family historian to the wealth of material available to researchers in libraries and archives in Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark. Full information is given on how to access the civil birth, marriage and death records which are only available in the islands and differ in format from those in England and Wales. Marie-Louise Backhurst covers the census, church records, nonconformist registers, rating lists, newspapers, wills and inheritance, official records, and the variety of other sources that can illuminate a past life and make family history research so rewarding. Migration has played a large part in the history of the islands and details of the records are fully explained.This authoritative and easy-to-use guide to these collections, and the authors advice on how to use them and get the most out of them, will be invaluable to anyone who is trying to find out about the life and experience of an ancestor who lived in the Channel Islands or was connected with them. This book will equally be essential reading and reference for anyone who wants to explore the history of the Channel Islands.

Author: Charles Frederick Holder
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5875147857
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 563

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With nearly 150 illustrations from photographs, and 12 maps.

Author: Oxford and Cambridge university club libr
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 544

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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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Author: Edward Alfred Jones
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Silverware
Languages : en
Pages : 500

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Author: David F. Ritchie
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460280598
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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This insider's guide tells how David F. Ritchie founded and developed Ritchie's, achieving national and international recognition for skill, reliability, and service as auctioneers and appraisers. Ritchie reminisces about the firm's struggles and successes and about prominent Canadians whose collections his firm sold. "In this business, one never graduates."...

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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 254

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