History of Old Sheffield Plate; being an account of the origin, growth and decay of the industry and of the antique silver and white or britannia metal trade
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- Author(s) Bradbury, Frederick
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1912
- Pages 539pp; illus
- Publisher Macmillan
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Reprinted 1968. Chapters include: 'The invention'; 'The earliest manufacturers of Sheffield plate'; 'History of the trade'; 'Processes, practices and inventions'; 'Surviving methods with illustrations of workshops, tools and materials'; 'Innovations that revolutionised the old trade'; 'Locality of manufacture'; 'Advice to collectors - designers'; 'On ascertaining dates of specimens' [pp196-424]; 'List of makers and their marks' [pp425-52] giving minimal details only; 'Other industries connected with old Sheffield plate. The manufacture of silver' [pp453-93]; 'The britannia metal industry' [pp494-501]