The Marshall Guide to Antique China & Silver

The Marshall Guide to Antique China & Silver PDF

Author: Tim Forrest

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Published: 1998

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781840280647

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This guide to antique china and silver is arranged chronologically, starting in the 16th century and concluding in the 1950s. There is a detailed introduction defining the principal elements of tableware which takes a broad view of the social history of the table, illustrated with paintings and engravings. Having given the reader guidance to identification and dating within this overview, the introduction concludes with a timeline of historical, stylistic and social change, in the production of china and silver.