A leopard`s head, a prancing lion, letters that stand for years, marks representing a city or town–all are clues. But this is no game. These are clues to identifying antique silver. ”Silver is a trick ...

There's an old saw that the reason most of us only know a good opera when we see one is because someone told us so. The same is true with jewelry. Lacking a fancy label or tiny marking, otherwise ...

300 Years of British Silver: Hallmarks of the Monarchies presents flatware and other silver dating back to the reign of William III and Mary II (1689-1702). This comprehensive and chronological ...

CHM copy has bookplate: Gift of the Davidson Sterenfeld Family Foundation. Designed as the essential reference tool for appraisers, collectors and dealers of silverware, the Encyclopedia is an ...