January 2, 2024
American Pewter Makers Biogaphies Dates Marks Etc / Scarce Book (3 volumes in 1)
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Three volumes in one, this early out-of-print book is the most comprehensive text published on American antique pewter including its makers and their marks. Over 1,000 black-and-white photographs illustrate the touch marks and show examples of early American pewter.PEWTER IN AMERICAN - ITS MAKERS & THEIR MARKS - Three Volumes in One by Ledlie Irwin Laughlin, American Legacy Press, NY, 1981.This extremely in-depth text covers by chapter:Volume I : Introduction; The European Background; Problems of the Colonial Pewterer; The Business of a Pewterer; The Marks of a Pewterer; Pewter Making in America; Household Pewter; Ecclesiastical Pewter; The Pewterers of Massachusetts Bay; The Rhode Island Pewterers; The Pewterers of the Connecticut Valley.Volume II : The Pewterers of New York City; Albany Pewterers; The Pewterers of Pennsylvania; The Pewterers of the South; The Initialed Porringers; Unidentified Porringers; The Britannia Period; Makers of the Britannia Period; Dethroned Pewterers; Fakes; The Cleaning and Care of Pewter; Random Notes on Collecting; Unsolved Problems of American Pewter; Appendixes - Check List of American Makers of Pewter, Britannia, or Block Tin and Representative Inventories of American Pewter Shops; Bibliography; and Index.Volume 3 : Preface; Acknowledgments; Problems of the Colonial Pewterer; The Business of a
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