[Rarebooks] fs: Old English Silver 1/40 on papier cheval chinois

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

Watts, W.W. OLD ENGLISH SILVER.
London; Ernest Benn, Ltd.: 1924.

Special limited, signed edition of 40 copies
printed on papier cheval chinois
and bound in full leather.

Many decades after it was written, Watts' work retains its usefulness as a
guide to the development of English silver. He took a chronological
approach, treating separately the Anglo-Saxon and Medieval periods, the
16th century, the 17th century to the end of the Commonwealth and then the
17th century of the Restoration, the 18th century to the end of the reign
of George II, and then the Reigns of Georges III and IV. He also includes
three chapters on ecclesiastical plate. As Watts notes, he tried to "set
out in an orderly manner the history of the art of the silversmith in this
country and its developments... how all the productions of the silversmith
were part and parcel of the life of the people... (and) the origin of the
various styles of form and ornament". W.W. Watts was Keeper of the
Department of Metalwork at the Victoria & Albert Museum and author of
numerous books and catalogs on antique silver. Hardcover. 9.5"x13", xxx +
149 pages of text plus 134 b/w plates. Covers with light wear and moderate
soil; endpapers lightly browned, contents fine, and overall a handsome
copy. [03690] $400.00

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