English Silver Hallmarks Edited By Judith Banister Softcover Book

Title: English Silver Hallmarks Edited By Judith Banister Softcover Book.
Author: Edited by Judith Banister.
Type: Non-Fiction.
Edition: New Edition 1990.
Publisher: W Foulsham & Co.
Year First Published: 1970.
Format: Softcover Book.
Printed By: St Edmundsbury Press Ltd, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk.
Page Count:118 pages.
Width: 17.5cm
Height: 15.0cm
Thickness: 1.0cm
Info: English silver hall-marks: with lists of English, Scottish and Irish hall-marks and makers.
Including the Marks of Origin on Scottish & Irish Silver Plate, Gold, Platinum and Sheffield Plate From Circa 1554. With 500 of the more important Maker marks from 1697 - 1900.
You don't have to know anything about hallmarks to use this book, it's been designed to be a visual index. The absolutely unique feature of this book is that it will identify the first mark you need - The City Mark. Illustrated city marks are all on the fore edge of its pages. So you just flick the pages to match a mark on your silver to its illustration in the book - from there its easy. The Jackson book uses a design where The City you need is presented as a Page Heading. So to use Jackson's book, you have first to know that the Anchor mark represents Birmingham or the Lion Head represents London etc. In Jackson, you need to know the City Name before you can look up its hallmarks system to date your silver.
Condition: Very Good, all pages and binding intact, no loose pages.
Price: R 195.00 Inc Vat.