“A guide to English domestic metal work in old silver and old Sheffield plate.” (Sub-title) In view of the considerable literature already gathered around the above subject the author avers that no previous writer has surveyed the field solely from the standpoint of domestic requirements and that “the present volume seeks to furnish something about any and every class of article made of silver or Sheffield plate that was made between the years 1697 and 1840, provided it was of such sort as might have had a place in the homes, or about the persons of the well-to-do and middle classes.” (Introd.) Contents: Some history and a little law; Some sources of information; Marks on old metal wares; The craft of the silversmith and the plater; Six chapters on “The quest” for the various kinds of utensils; Bibliography; A glossary of terms used in connection with the silversmiths’ craft and the plater’s trade; Appendix; Index and over one hundred illustrations.
“Mr Young’s introduction is valuable and interesting, as is his first chapter. The illustrations are well chosen and excellently reproduced.”
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YOUNGHUSBAND, SIR GEORGE JOHN.[[2]] Jewel house. il $5 Doran 739
A work by the Keeper of the jewel house in the Tower of London. “Some of the most interesting chapters in the book are those devoted to the description of the chief pieces of the regalia and to the history of the more famous gems. There is a full account of the sovereign’s three crowns—Edward the Confessor’s crown, the Imperial state crown, and the Imperial crown of India—of the Queen’s crowns, the Prince of Wales’s crown as eldest son of the king, and the different sceptres and orbs. The Koh-i-nur is, of course, one of the historic jewels dealt with by Sir George in a special chapter. Another gem with a story is the Black Prince’s ruby, presented to him after the battle of Najera by his ally Don Pedro of Castille.”—The Times [London] Lit Sup
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Reviewed by E. L. Pearson
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