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"CAPE SILVER AND SILVERSMITHS" BY STEPHAN WELZ, FIRST EDITION, 1976, EXCELLENT CONDITION, HARDCOVER WITH COMPLETE INTACT DUSTJACKET, PUBLISHED BY AA BALKEMA, 172 PAGES, NO NAMES, INSCRIPTIONS ETC.
This book definitively covers the early problems, training, output, marking, quality aspects, with an exhaustive list of silversmiths and their marks. It also deals with the history, reference, with extensive biographical information, visual records of marks used, comprehensive survey of the objects made, with emphasis on the stylistic influences involved. These are described and illustrated with about 170 photographs illustrating the various characteristic pieces of Cape silverware. This is definitely for the collector of silverware.