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The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962: From the Chester Assay Office Registers - Hardcover

Ridgway, Maurice H.; Priestley, Philip

 
9781851494477: The Compendium of Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962: From the Chester Assay Office Registers
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1851494472 ISBN 13: 9781851494477
Verlag: ACC Art Books - IPSUK, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

This is the first publication in a single work of all known Chester punch marks, and continues the tradition of the standard volumes of Jackson, Grimwade, Culme and Pickford. It is also the first time that the twentieth-century Chester marks have been published. It is produced in dictionary format, in alphabetical order from 1570, the date of the earliest known mark, to 1962 at which time the Chester assay office was closed. The authors, both members of the silver society, were given unlimited access to the Chester assay office records covering 1686 to 1962, and to the Chester Goldsmith's Company records dating from the 16th century. The compendium has four sections. The preface provides an historical background and details of all extant records and copper plates. Part 1 is devoted to assay office marks, with a full set of date letter tables to assist the reader in dating wares. Part 2 covers nearly 10,000 entries for makers' marks, including pictograms and monograms. Finally, the appendices inclu

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Verlag
ACC Art Books - IPSUK
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1851494472
ISBN 13 
9781851494477
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
520
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