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American Jewelry Manufacturers
Dorothy T. Rainwater
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Description for American Jewelry Manufacturers
Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1000s of marks illustrated. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WCP; WCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1750.
The identification and dating of American jewelry heretofore has been difficult because few pieces bear standard markings and the references have been diverse, hard to find, and incomplete. Using old trade journals and their related directories as her primary sources, the eminent silver historian Dorothy Rainwater has exhaustively compiled here for the first time a comprehensive reference of jewelry trademarks and manufacturers in alphabetical order. She has also written a history of jewelry making in the United States which explains the framework upon which this enormous industry was built. The large scale manufacturers which began in the 1840s form a ... Read more
The identification and dating of American jewelry heretofore has been difficult because few pieces bear standard markings and the references have been diverse, hard to find, and incomplete. Using old trade journals and their related directories as her primary sources, the eminent silver historian Dorothy Rainwater has exhaustively compiled here for the first time a comprehensive reference of jewelry trademarks and manufacturers in alphabetical order. She has also written a history of jewelry making in the United States which explains the framework upon which this enormous industry was built. The large scale manufacturers which began in the 1840s form a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Pub Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780887401206
SKU
V9780887401206
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Dorothy T. Rainwater
Dorothy Rainwater has a background rich in educational achievement and has published numerous articles and books in the field of collecting.
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