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Silver: English, Scottish and Irish Silver

A Silversmith's Manual
Review: This book is about techniques and form - design construction for large pieces of work that resemble teapots and jugs etc. It is informative, if this is what you intend to do with your spare time - not really my cup of tea!! I like smaller items and jewellery design. This book is not for this purpose, Silversmithing has changed and this book is more focused on the original concept of being a Silversmith

Bradbury's Book of Hallmarks: A Guide to Marks of Origin on English, Scottish and Irish Silver, Gold and Platinum and on Foreign Imported Silver and Gold Plate 1544 to 2010
The Bradbury's book of hallmarks is a brilliant guide to understanding and reading hallmarks on gold, silver and platinum jewlery. It is a fantastic aid for begginers with the changes in markings described clearly and tables to explain the marks of origin, standard and date. Using this book a compleate begginer can read an entire set of hallmarks very quickly and easily without getting confused. The book itself is also small enough to slip in your pocket so that it is close to hand when you need it

Jackson's Hallmarks: English, Scottish, Irish Silver and Gold Marks from 1300 to the Present Day
This pocket edition contains complete cycles of silver marks for all the important Assay Offices, with variations shown for gold, platinum, Britannia Standard, import marks, etc., and has been updated to 1991 to include current assay marks. The Pocket Edition of Jackson's Hallmarks contains 1,000 makers' marks listed alphabetically by mark, with comments as to rarity, value and the speciality of the maker (e.g. spoons), making it the best available pocket guide to hallmarks. Other small guides to hallmarks based on outdated information have been rendered obsolete by this pocket edition, which is the most accurate, complete and up to date guide on the market

Silver Flatware: English, Irish and Scottish, 1660-1980
Ian Pickford takes a wide-ranging look at flatware patterns and, at the same time, discusses in deatil flatware makers, stylistic developments, quality, repairs, fakes, forgeries and alterations as well as the marking of flatware. A large part of the book is devoted, in reference form, to the patterns themselves. Silver flatware is highly collectable and this is the standard work of reference

English, Irish and Scottish Silver
Hardcover
Publisher:
Hudson Hills Press

Silver Wire Jewelry: Projects to Coil, Braid and Knit
With a coil, braid, and twist, plus other ingeniously easy techniques, these magnificent silver bracelets, necklaces, and earrings take lovely shape. Each of the 99 projects, illustrated with color photos and diagrams, shows exactly why wire jewelry has become today's hot craft

Silver and Gold Marks of England, Scotland and Ireland
The classic reference work on British antique silver hallmarks. The original 1905 Jackson's has been revised by a distinguished team of experst to take into account the vast store of information which has been unearthed in the intervening years. It contains 10,000 corrections in addition to new material making dating and attribution more accurate than ever. There are few standard reference works which survive for almost 100 years without being displaced; it remains a 'bible' for all antique silver dealers and enthusiasts

Silver Christmas Ornaments:
A Collector's Guide
Hardcover
Publisher:
KP Books