London Goldsmiths 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives from the Original Registers at Goldsmiths' Hall and Other Sources by Arthur G Grimwade

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket is in poor condition, with tape holding it together. Now enclosed in protective covering. Some foxing on frontpiece and top right foredge. Body text and binding are still very good.

The third edition of Arthur G Grimwade’s London Goldsmiths 1697–1837: Their Marks and Lives, published by Faber & Faber in 1990, is universally considered the definitive reference Bible for identifying antique British silver. Expanding on the 1976 and 1982 printings, this comprehensive 773-page volume is a masterpiece born of over two decades of rigorous archival research at Goldsmiths' Hall.

The book reproduces nearly 4,000 unique maker's marks, with 3,473 photographed directly from the historical registers, plus a biographical dictionary of nearly 3,000 goldsmiths from the original registers at Goldsmiths' Hall. Additional sections cover: provincial makers who registered their marks in London; unregistered marks with tentative attributions; marks of goldworkers, bucklemakers and hiltmakers.