Silversmiths of Birmingham and their Marks, 1750-1980
Details:
- Author(s) Jones, Kenneth Crisp (ed)
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1981
- Pages 416pp; illus
- Publisher NAG Press
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
A focus on products as much as businesses. Includes gazetteer of c50 firms. Structured in five parts: 1] 'History of Birmingham's silversmiths' - '1750-1800 - the influence of Matthew Boulton' / '1800-30 - years of uncertainty' / '1830-70 - high Victorian' / '1870-1914 - the age of Elkington' / '1914-45 - in the shadow of war' / '1945-80 - the silver trade today'; 2] 'Organisation of management and labour'; 3] 'Major Birmingham silversmiths, bullion dealers and companies of the 20th century' [biographical profiles, pp306-17]; 4] 'The makers' marks' [illustrated, pp318-83]