American Antique Pewter - Types Makers Marks Dates / Scarce Book

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This book is the undisputed authority on the craft of pewter-making in America,” including extensive information on makers and marks.
AMERICAN PEWTER
by J.B. Kerfoot. Bonanza Books, NY, MCMXXIV (1924-Reprint).
This text is a detailed history of American pewter, and an indispensable reference work for the collector, dealer, or historian of antique American pewter. There is an account of every known American pewterer with dates, types of work, scarcity factors and marks. There are over 500 black-and-white illustrations picturing some of the most notable examples of this ware. The hundreds of photographs, together with the illustrations of marks, the check lists, and the statistical tables make it easy for anyone to identify and evaluate almost any piece of collectible American pewter. Pictured are examples of porringers, mugs and tankards, bowls and plates, candlesticks, lamps, frames, beakers, spoons and ladles, coffee-pots and tea-pots, sugars and creamers, and more. The book covers by chapter: Collecting, Collectibles, and Collectability; The What, When, and Where of Pewter; Pewter in America Before 1750; Pewter-Making in America 1750-1850; Largely Statistical; The Eight-Inch-Plate Men; The Transition Workers; The Coffee-Pot Era; The Marking of American Pewter; The Pewter Lamp; care of pewter and Index.
8.4" x 10.9" hardback with dust cover in very good condition. 236 pages.
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