American Silver Thimbles
by Rogers, Gay Ann
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG (Ex-art lib., usual markings, including a pocket inside back cover; Lacks dj.)
- ISBN 10
- 1869812034
- ISBN 13
- 9781869812034
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About This Item
London: Haggerston Press, 1989. First. Hardcover. VG (Ex-art lib., usual markings, including a pocket inside back cover; Lacks dj.). Blue cloth over boards; 223 pp.; Profusely illustrated with bw photos. This is the first comprehensive and authoritative study of American silver thimbles. It will be of particular value to collectors because it covers the full range of American silver thimbles, form the rarest and most fanciful to the common work-a-day examples. All are clearly illustrated and fully described with particular attention to design details and to dates and places of manufacture. American Silver Thimbles is aimed at collectors who want to identify particular thimbles as well as those who want a general history of American silver thimbles. Specific information about the thimbles comes from primary sources, notably trade catalogs from all the major and minor manufacturers of American thimbles, and articles and advertisements from relevant trade papers. The general history draws upon the many scholarly studies of American silver and design published over the past several decades. The book includes hundreds of photographs of American silver thimbles from fifty-three outstanding private collections. The text covers early and unmarked examples and those made by the major and minor American thimble manufacturers of the 19th and 20th centuries. An innovative chapter on the classification of thimble design will guide those who want to classify and catalog their collections. A comprehensive index allows collectors to identify thimbles easily and quickly.
Contains ten chapters about American silver thimbles, including sections on makers such as Ketcham & McDougall, Simons Bros. Co., H. Muhr's Sons, Webster Company, and others; Also includes a section about makers' marks and trademarks; A wonderful resource.
Contains ten chapters about American silver thimbles, including sections on makers such as Ketcham & McDougall, Simons Bros. Co., H. Muhr's Sons, Webster Company, and others; Also includes a section about makers' marks and trademarks; A wonderful resource.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124031
- Title
- American Silver Thimbles
- Author
- Rogers, Gay Ann
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG (Ex-art lib., usual markings, including a pocket inside back cover; Lacks dj.)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 1869812034
- ISBN 13
- 9781869812034
- Publisher
- Haggerston Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- American Decorative Arts ; Silver Thimbles ; ;
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