Metal Objects

	A Guide to 3rd Reich Cutlery, its Monograms, Logos, and Maker Marks: With Extensive Historical Exposition - 1426926782 The cutlery—spoons, knives, and forks—of Germany’s 3rd Reich communicates its own special history. In A Guide to 3rd Reich Cutlery, its Monograms, Logos, and Maker Marks, author James A. Yannes provides a detailed and heavily illustrated reference book containing extensive and relative historical exposition on a broad range of personal, organizational, and commemorative cutlery of the 3rd Reich beginning in the early 1920s to its demise in 1945. Augmented with more than 430 photographs,... $21.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Ancient Chinese Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections (3 Vols) - 0810919702 Volume I, a comprehensive introduction, the most thorough treatment of Shang bronzes in any language, lays the foundation for 104 catalogue entries, many of which explore in greater detail specific problems in casting technology, epigraphy, vessel typology, and provincial bronze styles. Color plates of all the Sackler bronzes are supplemented by rubbings, details, and more than 500 comparative illustrations. Throughout the book the author has made systematic use of the astonishing archaeologi... $259.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Bronzes Archaiques de Chine - 2950974805 The Guimet museum's collection of Chinese archaic bronzes is one of the most distinguished outside China. As well as exceptional pieces such as the Camondo elephant, the giant ladle, and the bird-handled ocver, without peer anywhere, including their land of origin, the collection boasts High-Shang bronzes, relics in the Royal style of Anyang, and objects of very diverse geographical origin, providing superb panorama of China in the bronze age. Beautifully illustrated and produced, this volume... $49.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Cast Chinese Coins by David Hartill - 1412054664 This catalog is the most comprehensive ever produced for western collectors: • Covers the period from 650 BC to AD 1912. • Over 5,000 coins illustrated, described, and numbered. • Comprehensive Finding Guide allows any coin to be quickly located. • Guide to rarity and value. • Designed for use by beginners and experts. • The latest research and archaeological findings are incorporated. • Explains how to read the inscriptions on Chinese coins and describes the various writing sty... $38.45     View Details Add To Cart
	Celestial Creations Art of the Chinese Goldsmith - 9789627101826 In this two-volume catalog, 395 items or 1,300 pieces of Chinese gold ornaments from the Shang to the Qing dynasties are featured. They are all selected from the renowned Cheng Xun Tang Collection. The catalog aims at providing a comprehensive and systematic introduction to the art of Chinese goldsmith. Presented in the gold ornaments are rich motifs ranging from flowers and insects to legendary figures and auspicious symbols. Alongside religious patterns originated from Buddhism, Daoism or T... $142.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Chinese Gold & Silver in American Collections from the Tang Dynasty - PUB87 Exhibition of the Tang dynasty gold and silver at the Dayton Art Institute. $25.00     View Details Add To Cart
	Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers - 0894670778 Winner of the Charles F. Montgomery Prize of the Decorative Arts Society: A groundbreaking reference on a colonial American craft. This massive biographical dictionary offers the most thorough study of a group of early American craftsmen published to date. It contains biographies of 296 silversmiths and jewelers who worked in Massachusetts prior to the American Revolution, records of more than 6000 examples of their work, and illustrations of 424 of their marks. It completes and amplif... $34.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Early Chinese Metalwork in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum - 0932216315 This volume illustrates a selection of Chinese bronzes from Shang to Han in the collection of the Seattle Art Museum, with a focus on ceremonial vessels. $4.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes-Arthur M. Sackler Collection - 0810932660 The supreme art form of ancient China was the bronze ritual vessel. Kings and nobles offered food and drink to their ancestors in spectacular cast bronze containers which served to advertise the owner's wealth and power no less than his piety. Many of the bronzes eventually found their way into the tombs of their owners, where they lay undisturbed for centuries or millennia until accidental discovery or the archaeologist's spade brought them once more to light. The vast collection of Chinese ... $95.00     View Details Add To Cart
	Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers, 5th ed. - 076431887X With more than 2400 marks illustrated and brief histories and cross-references of more than 1600 manufacturers, this is the most comprehensive reference source on the subject. To compile the information presented here, the authors devoted much time over several decades researching numerous sources. These include various editions of Trademarks of the Jewelry & Kindred Trades, U.S. Patent Office records, silver and jewelry catalogs of manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers, records of compani... $23.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Henry's Dutch Country Anthology - 1883294215 "Henry s Dutch Country Anthology" is a compilation of 78 articles about the culture of the Pennsylvania Dutch. With information that is available nowhere else, Kauffman's Dutch Country Anthology documents the ways today's most sought-after antiques were produced. A sampling of the articles include bells and bell towers, decorated chests, early American fireplaces, gunmaking, fold art in metals, Conestoga Wagon, Pennsylvania Rifle, locksmiths and locks, Pennsylvania pewterers, the riddle of tw... $13.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Ironwork - 2914199384 Ironwork is a vast collection of ironwork spanning numerous centuries. An accompanying CD contains all of the images presented in high resolution TIFF format. The ironwork is divided into the following sections: * Gates * Banisters * Doors and Windows * Balconies and Railings * Glass roofs * Garden Equipment * Urban furniture * Locksmithing * Household objects $19.50     View Details Add To Cart