124 Rare Old Books on Gold and Silver Hallmarks antique jewelry silversmithing makers marks - Instant PDF Download

THE VINTAGE GOLD & SILVERSMITHING COLLECTION

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The Digital Library is proud to present this stunning virtual archive of 124 rare, vintage and hard-to-find books and documents compiled together for the first time in one unique virtual library covering all aspects of the most precious of metals – GOLD & SILVER.

Containing numerous works on old hallmarks, this vintage library is ideal for collectors of antique gold and silver as well as anyone with an interest in goldsmithing and silversmithing. Study the processes involved in the assaying, alloying and working of gold. Read about the history of the English goldsmiths and plateworkers. Explore ancient hallmarks on gold & silver plate (both English and foreign). Discover the art of the silversmith with several text-books and manuals aimed at students and workers in precious metals. Some of the books contained within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable library of reference material Overall, this is an absolute must for anyone with an interest in gold, silver, and antiques produced using precious metals. The full list of titles included speaks for itself….

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*** Full List of Books Included ***

A catalogue of sterling silver with the Wallace stamp - R. Wallace (1900)

A copy of the register of the persons concerned in the manufacture of silver wares, and of the marks entered by them from 1773 to 1907 - Sheffield Assay Office (1911)

A familiar explanation of the art of assaying gold and silver - J. H. Watherston (1847)

A handful of silver; six stories of silversmiths - H. Townsend (1902)

A history of gold as a commodity and as a measure of value - J. Ward (1853)

A history of the precious metals, from the earliest periods to the present time - J. L. Comstock (1849)

A history of the precious metals, from the earliest times to the present - A. Del Mar (1902)

A list of early American silversmiths and their marks - H. French (1917)

A new touch-stone for gold and silver wares - W. Babcock (1708)

A notable collection of beautiful old English silver and Sheffield plate (1922)

Alfavitny ukazatel s.-peterburgskikh zolotykh i serebrianykh diel masterov, iuvelirov, graverov i proch., 1714-1814 - A. Felkerzam (1907)

American church silver of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (1911)

American silver of the XVII & XVIII centuries; a study based on the Clearwater collection - C. L. Avery (1920)

American silversmiths and their marks, III - S. Ensko (1921)

An historical inquiry into the production and consumption of the precious metals Vol. 1 - W. Jacob (1831)

An historical inquiry into the production and consumption of the precious metals Vol. 2 - W. Jacob (1831)

Ancient and modern gold and silver smiths' work in the South Kensington Museum - J. H. Pollen (1878)

Art work in gold and silver, medieval - H. B. Wheatley (1882)

Art work in gold and silver, modern - H. B. Wheatley (1882)

Australian mining and metallurgy - D. Clark (1907)

Catalogue of an exhibition of silver used in New York, New Jersey and the South - with a note on early New York silversmiths - R. Halsey (1911)

Catalogue of English silversmiths' work (with Scottish and Irish) civil and domestic - Victoria and Albert Museum. Dept. of Metalwork (1920)

Catalogue of the silver plate (Greek, Etruscan and Roman) in the British Museum (1921)

Chats on old Sheffield plate - A. Hayden (1920)

Chats on old silver - A. Hayden (1915)

Das Geld - K. T. Hellferich (1923)

Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen - M. Rosenberg (1890)

Early American silver marks - J. Graham (1921)

Early silver of Connecticut and its makers - G. M. Curtis (1913)

Elements d'orfevrerie - divises en deux parties de cinquante feuilles chacune - P. Germain (1748)

English goldsmiths and their marks; a history of the goldsmiths and plate workers of England, Scotland, and Ireland - C. J. Jackson (1905)

English goldsmiths and their marks; a history of the goldsmiths and plate workers of England, Scotland, and Ireland (revised ed.) - C. J. Jackson (1921)

English silver, 1675-1825 - S. Ensko (1912)

Famous gold nuggets of the world - T. J. Hurley (1900)

Field testing for gold and silver - W. H. Merrit (1911)

Gilda aurifabrorum; a history of English goldsmiths and plateworkers, and their marks stamped on plate - W. Chaffers (1899)

Gilda aurifabrorum; a history of English goldsmiths and plateworkers, and their marks stamped on plate (revised ed.) - W. Chaffers (1883)

Gold and silver - W. R. Crane (1908)

Gold and silver smiths' work - J. H. Pollen (1879)

Gold assaying - H. J. Phillips (1904)

Gold its geological occurrence and geographical distribution - J. M. MacClaren (1908)

Gold its occurence and extraction - A. G. Lock (1882)

Gold ornaments from United States of Colombia - G. F. Kunz (1887)

Gold und Silber - Handbuch der Edelschmiedekunst - F. Luthmer (1888)

Gold, silber und edelsteine - handbuch für gold-, silber-, bronze-arbeiter und juweliere - A. Wagner (1895)

Gold; or, Legal regulations for the standard of gold & silver wares in different countries of the world - A. Studnitz (1877)

Hall marks on gold & silver plate - W. Chaffers (1891)

Hall marks on gold & silver plate (revised ed.) - W. Chaffers (1922)

Hand book to foreign hall marks on gold and silver plate - C. A. Markham (1898)

Histoire de l'orfévrerie depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours - F. Lasteyrie du Saillant (1875)

Histoire de l'orfévrerie-joaillerie et des anciennes communautés et confréries d'orfévres-joailliers de la France et de la Belgique - P. L. Jacob (1850)

Historic silver of the colonies and its makers - F. H. Bigelow (1917)

History of old Sheffield plate .. with chronological lists of makers' marks and numerous illustrations of specimens - F. Bradbury (1912)

Illustrated hand book of information on money currency and precious metals - W. Redman (1893)

Instructions for collecting, testing, melting and assaying gold - E. N. Kent (1848)

Leaching gold and silver ores - C. H. Aaron (1881)

Les métaux précieux considérés au point de vue économique - C. Roswag (1865)

Livre nouveau de toutes sortes d'ouvrages d'orfevries - B. Moncornet (1888)

L'orfèvrerie - W. Froehner (1897)

L'orfèvrerie française aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles 1700-1900 Vols. 1-2 - H. Bouilhet (1908)

L'orfèvrerie française aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles 1700-1900 Vol. 3 - H. Bouilhet (1908)

Makers of early American silver - R. Ensko (1915)

Manuel des uvres de bronze et d'orfévrerie du moyen age - A. Didron (1859)

Marks of early American silversmiths, with notes on silver, spoon types & list of New York city silversmiths 1815-1841 - E. M. Currier (1919)

Marks on gold & silver plate imported into the United Kingdom - W. Redman (1907)

Notes on the distribution of gold throughout the world - J. Wyld (1852)

O commercio do ouro e prata nos séculos XV e XVI - J. de Vasconcellos (1912)

Old base metal spoons - illustrations and marks - F. Price (1908)

Old English plate, ecclesiastical, decorative, and domestic - its makers and marks - W. J. Cripps (1878)

Old English plate, ecclesiastical, decorative, and domestic - its makers and marks - W. J. Cripps (1886)

Old English plate, ecclesiastical, decorative, and domestic - its makers and marks - W. J. Cripps (1899)

Old French plate, its makers and marks - W. J. Cripps (1893)

Old London silver, its history, its makers and its marks - M. Howard (1903)

Old plate, ecclesiastical, decorative, and domestic; its makers and marks - J. H. Buck (1888)

Old plate, its makers & marks - J. H. Buck (1903)

Old silver platers and their marks - Sheffield Assay Office (1908)

Opisi serebra dvora ego Imperatorskago Velichestva izdanie Gofmarshal'eskoĭ chasti Imperatorskago Dvora Vol. 1 - A. Fel'kerzam (1907)

Opisi serebra dvora ego Imperatorskago Velichestva izdanie Gofmarshal'eskoĭ chasti Imperatorskago Dvora Vol. 2 - A. Fel'kerzam (1907)

Oriental silverwork, Malay and Chinese, with over 250 original illustrations; a handbook for connoisseurs, collectors, students and silversmiths - H. L. Roth (1910)

Pewter plate - a historical & descrptive handbook - H. Masse (1910)

Popular fallacies regarding precious-metal ore deposits - A. Williams (1884)

Practical gold-mining - W. Welton (1902)

Recherches sur l'orfèvrerie en Espagne au moyen âge et à la renaissance - C. Davillier (1879)

Recovering precious metals from waste liquid residues; a complete workshop treatise - G. E. Gee (1920)

Remarks on the production of the precious metals, and on the demonetization of gold in several countries in Europe - L. Faucher (1852)

Remarks on the production of the precious metals, and on the depreciation of gold - M. Chevalier (1853)

Report upon the precious metals - W. P. Blake (1869)

Roasting of gold and silver ores - G. Kustel (1870)

Secrets of the trade. For watchmakers and jewelers - Collins & Clifton (1892)

Silver for the dining room, selected periods - J. S. Holbrook (1912)

Silver ores - H. B. Cronshaw (1921)

Silver, pewter, Sheffield plate - F. W. Burgess (1921)

Silver; its history and romance - B. White (1920)

Silversmith's art and ecclesiastical metal work at its home Benziger brothers' factory - Benziger Brothers (1894)

Silverwork and jewelry, a text-book for students and workers in metal - H. Wilson (1912)

Tables of the value of gold and silver per ounce troy at different degrees of fineness - T. Price (1880)

Tables of the value of gold and silver per ounce troy, at different degrees of fineness - San Francisco Assaying and Refining Works (1867)

Tables showing the value of silver and gold, per ounce Troy, at different degrees of fineness - J. Taylor & Co. (1876)

The arithmetic of the gold and silversmith; prepared for the use of jewelers, founders, merchants, etc. - W. Jockin (1906)

The Australian and Californian gold discoveries, and their probable consequences or, An inquiry into the laws which determine the value and distributions of the precious metals - P. Stirling (1853)

The doctrine of gold and silver computations - T. Snelling (1766)

The gold and silver of Windsor Castle - E. A. Jones (1911)

The gold-seeker's manual - D. T. Ansted (1849)

The goldsmith's art in ancient Mexico - M. H. Saville (1920)

The goldsmith's handbook - containing full instructions for the alloying and working of gold, 2nd ed. - G. E. Gee (1881)

The goldsmith's handbook - containing full instructions for the alloying and working of gold, 3rd ed. - G. E. Gee (1886)

The hall-marking of jewellery, practically considered - G. E. Gee (1882)

The handy book; containing tables, rules and other information regarding the working of the precious metals - Handy & Harman (1914)

The Iroquois silver brooches - H. M. Converse (1902)

The metallurgy of gold - M. Eissler (1896)

The metallurgy of gold - T. K. Rose (1898)

The natural history, ancient and modern, of precious stones and gems, and of the precious metals - C. W. King (1865)

The new golden age and influence of the precious metals upon the world Vol. 1 - R. H. Patterson (1882)

The new golden age and influence of the precious metals upon the world Vol. 2 - R. H. Patterson (1882)

The precious metals, comprising gold, silver and platinum - T. K. Rose (1909)

The private book of useful alloys & memoranda for goldsmiths, jewellers, etc. - J. E. Collins (1872)

The production of the precious metals - W. P. Blake (1869)

The rapid decline in the production of the precious metals in the United States - L. A. Garnett (1869)

The silver treasure-trove of Hildesheim - T. Blume (1907)

The story of gold - E. S. Mead (1909)

The values of old English silver and Sheffeld plate, from the xvth to the xixth centuries - J. W. Caldicott (1906)

The watchmaker's and jeweler's hand-book - C. Hopkins (1866)

XIV Verbandstag Verband deutscher Juweliere, Gold- & Silberschmiede Strassburg (1914)



An absolute must for anyone with an interest in goldsmithing and silversmithing, as well as collectors of antique gold and silver artifacts looking for information on old hallmarks – an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small price!


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