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AMERICAN SILVER
ART#12 Gorham Corporation     ART#23 Forging Modernities: California metals in context Conference     ART#27 Japanese Influence in American Silver 1870-1890     ART#57 American Art Metal Jewelry Boxes 1900-1925     ART#76 Romance in metal (Valentine's Day)     ART#83 Margo Grant Walsh: Collecting by Design     ART#84 The Language of Flowers     ART#99 The Clearwater Collection of Colonial Silver     ART#105 Gorham's Fleurs des Siecles gift line designed by Jane Hutcheson     WIN# 11 A Tiffany serving dish and cover     WIN# 30 Georg Jensen? ... Art Deco?... NO... Ancient Rome!     WIN# 37 Cherubs on Jewelry Boxes     WIN# 74 Gorham & Co for Tiffany & Co

ANCIENT ROME SILVER
ART# 39 Buried treasures Tesori sepolti     ART# 40 A silver cup from the ancient Rome: Skyphos Una coppa d'argento dall'antica Roma: Skyphos     WIN# 30 Georg Jensen? ... Art Deco?... NO... Ancient Rome!     WIN# 55 Silver Kantharos from Pompeii

AUSTRIAN SILVER
ART# 79 Historismus Silver-Gilt Dessert Set by Hermann Ratzersdorfer     ART# 120 Collecting Austrian silver sugar tongs by Dorothea Burstyn     WIN# 14 Carl Adolf Kohl: silversmith and ...cartoonist     WIN# 59/1 Marks of European Silver Plate: IV. Hacker & Herrmann, Austria:

BELGIAN SILVER
ART# 1 Poincon de Grace de 1750 (Belgian antique silver hallmarks)     ART# 3 L'histoire d'une tasse de femme The history of a silver wedding cup     ART#   5 Les couverts des Soeurs Noires de Pamele     ART# 51 Philippe Wolfers' Japonism in Belgium     ART#55 Belgian Art Deco Silver     ART# 65 Belgian silver of the Empire period

CANADIAN SILVER
ART# 66 The Soo Line Historical Museum - Weyburn     ART# 81 One and All (History of a spoon and a family)     ART# 111 Celebration, News from the Canadian Metal Arts Scene

CONTINENTAL SILVER
WIN# 41 Two Vodka Servers from East Europe     WIN# 53 Marks of European Silver Plate: I. Sandrik, Slovakia

DANISH SILVER
ART# 26 Georg Jensen: a silversmith from Denmark     WIN# 25 A Danish sterling silver bowl

DUTCH SILVER
WIN# 42 A Tobacco Box

ENGLISH SILVER
ART# 4 The Georgian silver wine funnel     ART# 11 Nutmeg graters     ART# 22 A female silversmith: Hester Bateman 1708-1794     ART# 24 Little-Known Tableware Items:Argyles Un oggetto poco conosciuto: l'Argyle     ART# 30 Eighteen Century silver tea tongs     ART# 31 Ten steps to verify the authenticity of antique silverwares Dieci passi per verificare e registrare l'autenticita' di un argento antico     ART# 35 The 'Victorian lozenge'- Dating 'Registered model' of the 'UK Patent Office'     ART# 36 A canteen of silver     ART# 38 Georgian Silver Sugar Tongs of the period 1770 to 1820     ART# 42 All these numbers ...     ART# 45 An unusual Victorian cream jug Una singolare lattiera vittoriana     ART# 50 A Victorian sugar bowl of exceptional quality Una bowl vittoriana di straordinaria qualita'     ART# 52 Vinaigrettes     ART# 70 British and Irish commemorative hallmarks - 1 - Marchi commemorativi Britannici e Irlandesi - 1 -     ART# 71 British and Irish commemorative hallmarks - 2 - Marchi commemorativi Britannici e Irlandesi - 2 -     ART# 77 Elkington Electroplate Silver /Silver Plate     ART# 85 The story of a well travelled hairbrush     ART# 86 Britannia silver standard hallmarks in Great Britain     ART# 87 English Silver Salts     ART# 92 Travelling for Faith In viaggio per la Fede     ART# 97 Anointing Spoon Replicas in Silver and Silver Gilt from Great Britain - part 1 -     ART# 98 Anointing Spoon Replicas in Silver and Silver Gilt from Great Britain - part 2 -     ART# 100 Determining the profile of English silver makers     ART# 106 Silver Open Salts of The Victoria & Albert Museum (part 1)     ART# 108 Silver Open Salts of The Victoria & Albert Museum (part 2)     ART# 109 The Legal Position of The English Leopard     ART# 113 Mote spoon - A fraudolernt conversion     ART# 115 From Villa Adriana to Australia - Australian Open Tennis Tournament Trophy     ART# 116 The use of coins in punch or toddy ladles     ART# 117 A Reappraisal of the Marks Used in the Harache Workshop     ART# 121 The Background To "Duty Dodgers"     ART# 123 An Intriguing English Spoon     ART# 128 The Early History of The English Tea Caddy     WIN# 8 A Walker & Hall coffee pot     WIN# 9 Three George I casters     WIN# 15 An Edwardian stamp case     WIN# 16 Three excellent Victorian teapots Tre teiere di qualit� di epoca Vittoriana     WIN# 17 Vases and snuffer     WIN# 23 A collection of Vinaigrettes     WIN# 27 A silver 'dance card' holder by Joseph Wilmore     WIN# 28 A Victorian silver wine label     WIN# 34 A large unsolved mystery!     WIN# 35 Two Elkington & Co. silver pieces Due argenti di qualita' di Elkington & Co     WIN# 36 # 36 An ancient complement for ladies hair dressing     WIN# 38 Ten Years Later     WIN# 39 An Octagonal Edwardian silver mustard pot     WIN# 46 An "Early Georgian" Salt Cellar     WIN# 54 A Victorian Sterling Silver Hip Flask     WIN# 56 A Silver Cigarette/Cheroot Case     WIN# 56 Silver Mustard Pot - London 1798     WIN# 67/1 An unmarked Monteith     WIN# 67/2 A pipe collection with silver complements     WIN# 69 Three Centuries of Cauldron Salts     WIN# 72 Smoking a 160-years-old pipe

ENGLISH COLONIAL SILVER
ART# 59 History and marks of Hamilton & Co - Calcutta Storia e marchi di Hamilton & Co - Calcutta WIN# 60 Sterling silver trophies for Indian Thoroughbreds

FRENCH SILVER
ART# 103 Silver Hallmarks of Paris During the Reign of King Louis XV (France 1723-1774)     ART# 107 Une Imitation de Poincons Louis XV An Imitation of Louis XV Hallmarks     ART# 110 A French canteen (part) - Paris 1764-1819     ART# 119 A Burgundian fork dated 1660 Une fourchette bourguignonne dat�e de 1660 Una forchetta borgognona datata 1660     ART# 125 The hallmarks of silversmiths' widows in the Kingdom of France Les poin�ons des veuves d'orf�vres sous l'Ancien R�gime fran�ais I punzoni delle vedove dei maestri argentieri nella Francia del XVIII secolo     ART# 130 An unknown mark for silver-plated hollow ware used by Christofle in 1930-1935     ART# 131 Fraud on silver taxes during the French Royalty Chalon sur Sa�ne (France) 1762-1768 Poin�ons de fraude fiscale du XVIII�me si�cle Chalon sur Sa�ne (France) 1762-1768     ART# 132 A pair of 18th century French wine tasters Une paire de taste-vin fran�ais du XVIIIe si�cle     WIN# 5 A teapot of Antoine Joseph Gelle Une theiere de Antoine Joseph Gelle     WIN# 6 A teapot of 18th century Une theiere du XVIIIe siecle     WIN# 13 Wax Jack or Mustard Pot? Stoppiniera o Mostardiera?     WIN# 17 Vases and snuffer     WIN# 40 A solid silver mustard pot - Paris 1834/1838     WIN# 48 # 48 A French Silver Mustard Pot

GERMAN SILVER
WIN# 12 Two Continental silver salts Due saliere di argento europeo     WIN# 58 Marks of European Silver Plate: III. Bohrmann, Hartmann & Hepp, Germany     WIN# 58 Marks of European Silver Plate: VI. WMF W�rttembergische Metallwarenfabrik, Germany

HANAU SILVER
ART# 13 The Antique silver industry of Hanau - part 1     ART# 15 - part 2     WIN# 3 A German beaker from .... 1576     WIN# 19 A Neresheimer & Co. silver basket     WIN# 50 A Hanau Silver with an uncommon London Import Hallmark

HISPANO AMERICAN SILVER
ART# 53 Hispano-American silver: the 'Topos' Argento Ispano-Americano: 'Topos'     ART# 90 The World of Mexican Silver Salts     WIN# 26 Silver mate from South America

INDIAN SILVER
ART# 75 A Presentation from His Highness WIN# 60 Sterling silver trophies for Indian Thoroughbreds WIN# 64 Glimpses of India's History

ITALIAN SILVER
ART# 2 Italian antique silver oil lamps (lucerna) Lucerne Italiane in argento     ART# 16 A Napoleonic sugar bowl from an Italian museum Una zuccheriera napoleonica da un museo poco conosciuto     ART# 25 The Grand Master's Box     ART# 29 Arlecchino     ART# 34 An ancient liturgical object: the Pax Un antico oggetto liturgico: la Pace     ART# 46 Hallmarks of Italian silver Punzoni dell'argento italiano, dall'unita' d'Italia ai giorni nostri     ART# 64 Italian silver hair-pin: the 'sperada'     ART# 72 A forgotten object: the silver warmer Un oggetto di cui si e' dimenticato l'uso: lo scaldino d'argento     ART# 93 Silversmithing in Mantua from the 14th to the 19th century Note sull'arte degli orefici a Mantova     ART# 95 Silversmithing in Mantua from the 14th to the 19th century - part 2 Note sull'arte degli orefici a Mantova - 2^ parte     WIN# 4 Silverware of Giuseppe Garibaldi Una forchetta di Giuseppe Garibaldi     WIN# 7 A sugar bowl with St.Mark's lion     WIN# 22 Forty years of Italian silver vases     WIN# 24 An inkstand from the "Regno delle Due Sicilie" Un calamaio dal Regno delle Due Sicilie     WIN# 31 Italian baby rattles of the 20th century     WIN# 33 Noah's Ark in silver Un'Arca di Noe' d'argento     WIN# 51 A Silver Chalice from Sicily     WIN# 52 Salt Cellars from Genoa and Genoa Silver Hallmarks     WIN# 61 Marks of European Silver Plate: V. Krupp & Wellner, Italy     WIN# 70 The Mysterious mark on an Italian coffee pot

JUDAICA SILVER
ART# 49 A collection of Judaica silver     ART# 63 Judaica silver - Jewish ritual silver

POLISH SILVER
ART# 89 19th century Sugar boxes in Poland     WIN# 57 Marks of European Silver Plate: II. Fraget & Norblin, Poland/Russia

RUSSIAN SILVER
ART# 7 Hallmarks of Russian silversmiths     ART# 17 La salle d'orfevrerie imperiale Russe au Musee de L'Armee de Bruxelles (partie 1) The Hall of Imperial Russian Silverware at the Musee de L'Armee de Bruxelles (part 1)     ART# 20 La salle d'orfevrerie imperiale Russe au Musee de L'Armee de Bruxelles (partie 2) The Hall of Imperial Russian Silverware at the Musee de L'Armee de Bruxelles (part 2)     ART# 32 Silver Salt throne from Tsarist Russia Saliere a trono dalla Russia Imperiale     ART# 48 Fauxberge Fakeberge     ART# 56 Histoire de faux Story of a forgery     ART# 58 Soviet time silver salts - semi-antique to come?     ART# 62 Ornamental shaping of silver Salt thrones from Russia     ART# 68 Charka exhibition in Helsinki     ART# 74 A giant enamel salt throne from Russia     ART# 88 Russian Silver Assay Masters in the western provinces     ART# 124 Russian Cigarette Lighters     ART# 126 Russian matchbox holders     WIN# 10 Milk creamer and sugar bowl from Russia     WIN# 12 Two Continental silver salts Due saliere di argento europeo     WIN# 43 The missing centre piece of a Russian double salt-cellar     WIN# 45 Russian Fakes     WIN# 57 Marks of European Silver Plate: II. Fraget & Norblin, Poland/Russia     WIN# 63/2 Russian Fakes- A differing opinion     WIN# 68 Russian cigarette cases with tinder cord and match/striker compartment

SCOTTISH SILVER
ART# 73 The Sgarabhaigh Silver Sixpence     ART# 112 Scottish Legends & Silver Hallmarks     WIN# 47 A Scottish Provincial Salt Spoon

SPANISH SILVER
ART# 19 Plateros y contrastes espanoles Hallmarks of Spanish silversmiths

SWEDISH SILVER
ART# 94 The Violin Handle     WIN# 59/2 A Swedish Bratina

SWISS SILVER
    WIN# 2 Two silver pieces of Jean Redart

A PAGE PER MONTH
NEWS# 23 Catalog A. Calderoni     NEWS# 24 Encyclop�die Diderot & D'Alambert     NEWS# 25 Old Sheffield Plate Objects     NEWS# 26 Catalog Maison Boin-Taburet     NEWS# 27 Catalog Daniel Low & Co     NEWS# 28 Catalog Cesare Marinai - Milan     NEWS# 29 Catalog Daniel Low     NEWS# 30 Simeon L. & George H.Rogers Company catalog     NEWS# 31 A.Calderoni - Milan, catalog     NEWS# 32 Fabbrica Argenteria Vicentina - Vicenza, catalog     NEWS# 33 Community Silverplate adv     NEWS# 34 The Gordon co., Bridgeport , Conn, catalog     NEWS# 35 The Meriden Britannia Co 1886/7 catalog     NEWS# 36 E.V. Roddin & Co., Chicago catalog     NEWS# 37 Wm. Donaldson & Co, Minneapolis, 1904 catalog     NEWS# 38 19th c.engraving "Goldsamith"     NEWS# 39 1889 Illustrated Catalog     NEWS# 40 Watson & Newell Co. - Attleboro, Mass. 1904 catalog     NEWS# 41 Gorham Co., 1903 adv     NEWS# 42 Anchor Silver Plate co, 1905 adv     NEWS# 43 Juergen & Andersen Company adv

COLLECTING, EXAMINING AND CARING FOR SILVER
ART# 31 Ten steps to verify the authenticity of antique silverwares Dieci passi per verificare e registrare l'autenticita' di un argento antico     ART# 42 All these numbers ...     ART# 47 Another way of documenting a silver collection     ART# 48 Fauxberge Fakeberge     ART# 101 Care and Conservation of Silver for Private Collections     WIN# 44 Trust a dealer?     WIN# 45 Russian Fakes

FACTORIES AND SILVERSMITHS
ART# 12 Gorham Corporation     ART# 22 Hester Bateman     ART# 26 Georg Jensen     ART# 41 Tiffany     ART# 51 Philippe Wolfers     ART# 69 Wolfers Freres     ART# 77 Elkington     ART# 79 Hermann Ratzersdorfer     WIN# 1 Damian de Castro

MARKS AND HALLMARKS
ART#   7 Russian hallnarks     ART# 19 Plateros y contrastes espanoles Spamish hallmarks     ART# 35 Marks on 'Registered model' of the 'UK Patent Office'     ART# 41 Tiffany date letters and marks     ART# 46 Italian silver Punzoni dell'argento italiano, dall'unita' d'Italia ai giorni nostri     ART# 59 Hamilton & Co Hamilton & Co     ART# 70 British and Irish commemorative hallmarks - 1 - Marchi commemorativi Britannici e Irlandesi - 1 -     ART# 71 - part 2 - - parte 2 -     ART# 77 Elkington Electroplate Silver /Silver Plate     ART# 86 Britannia silver standard hallmarks in Great Britain     ART# 103 Hallmarks of Paris (France 1723-1774)     ART# 104 Marks of Berndorf Metalware Factory in Austria - Alpacca and Alpacca-Silver II Products     ART# 107 Une Imitation de Poincons Louis XV An Imitation of Louis XV Hallmarks     ART# 112 Scottish marks     ART# 117 A Reappraisal of the Marks Used in the Harache Workshop     WIN# 51 Marks of Sicily     WIN# 52 Genoa hallmarks     WIN# 53 Marks of European Silver Plate: I. Sandrik, Slovakia     WIN# 57 II. Fraget & Norblin, Poland/Russia     WIN# 58 III. Bohrmann, Hartmann & Hepp, Germany     WIN# 59/1 IV. Hacker & Herrmann, Austria:     WIN# 61 V. Marks of European Silver Plate: V. Krupp & Wellner, Italy     WIN# 63/1 VI. Marks of European Silver Plate: WMF W�rttembergische Metallwarenfabrik, Germany

MONOGRAPHS
ART#   2 Italian oil lamps Lucerne Italiane     ART#   4 Wine funnel     ART#   9 animal's legs in silverware Las patas de animales en la orfebreria     ART# 11 Nutmeg grater     ART# 18 Tea urns     ART# 24 Argyles Argyle     ART# 28 Figural toothpick holders     ART# 30 Tea tongs     ART# 32 Salt throne Saliere a trono Russe     ART# 33 Posy holder/Tussie Mussie     ART# 34 Pax Pace     ART# 37 Despabiladeras Candle snuffers Predmeti Namijenjeni Gasenju Sviieca     ART# 38 Sugar Tongs     ART# 40 Skyphos Skyphos     ART# 43 Silverware Couverts     ART# 44 Toilet sets Servizi da Toeletta     ART# 52 Vinaigrettes     ART# 53 'Topos' 'Topos'     ART# 57 Jewelry Boxes     ART# 60 Salt thrones     ART# 61 Waste bowl     ART# 63 Jewish ritual silver     ART# 67 Punch ladles     ART# 68 Charka     ART# 72 Warmer Scaldino     ART# 78 Apple corers     ART# 82 Trowels     ART# 87 Salts     ART# 89 Sugar boxes     ART# 90 Salts     ART# 91 Powder Puff Boxes     ART# 97 Anointing Spoon - part 1 -     ART# 98 part 2 -     ART# 100 Vesta Case     ART# 102 Claret Jugs     ART# 116 Toddy Ladles     ART# 120 Sugar Tongs     ART# 122 Baby Rattles     ART# 128 The Early History of The English Tea Caddy     ART# 123 An Intriguing English Spoon     WIN# 1 Ember bowl     WIN# 13 Wax Jack or Mustard Pot? Stoppiniera o Mostardiera?     WIN# 15 Stamp case     WIN# 18 Casters, talc bottles and pepperettes     WIN# 26 Mate     WIN# 29 Hovedvandsaeg     WIN# 31 Baby rattles     WIN# 32 Cruet stands Oliere in argento     WIN# 33 Animals' Miniatures Animali in miniatura     WIN# 37 Jewelry Boxes     WIN# 49 Bookmarks     WIN# # 65 Pepper Pots     WIN# # 68 Russian cigarette cases with tinder cord and match/striker compartment

MUSEUMS, EXHIBITIONS AND CONFERENCES
ART# 17 La salle d'orfevrerie imperiale Russe au Musee de L'Armee de Bruxelles (partie 1) The Hall of Imperial Russian Silverware at the Musee de L'Armee de Bruxelles (part 1)     ART# 20 (partie 2) (part 2)     ART# 23 Forging Modernities: California metals in context     ART# 66 The Soo Line Historical Museum - Weyburn     ART# 83 Margo Grant Walsh: Collecting by Design     ART# 96 Designed by Architects     ART# 99 The Clearwater Collection of Colonial Silver     ART# 106 Silver Open Salts of The Victoria & Albert Museum (part 1)     ART# 108 (part 2)     ART# 111 Celebration, News from the Canadian Metal Arts Scene     ART# 114 Deutsches Klingenmuseum Solingen - 2009 flatware collectors meeting     ART# 122 Coral and Bells - A Collection of Rattles     ART# 127 Don Wallance, a leading flatware designer and Amboss, an innovative Austrian flatware manufacturer

STORIES
ART#   3 L'histoire d'une tasse de femme The history of a silver wedding cup     ART#   5 Les couverts des Soeurs Noires de Pamele     ART#   6 From birth to death     ART# 10 When silver tells a story Quando l'argento narra una storia     ART# 21 A flacon and a lighter     ART# 25 The Grand Master's Box     ART# 29 Arlecchino     ART# 73 The Sgarabhaigh Silver Sixpence     ART# 75 A Presentation from His Highness     ART# 76 Romance in metal (Valentine's Day)     ART# 80 A Box and a Burner     ART# 81 One and All     ART# 84 The Language of Flowers     ART# 85 The story of a well travelled hairbrush     ART# 118 Garage Sale Saga     ART# 129 How to become a Millionaire     WIN# 20 Demons & Devils     WIN# 21 Demons & Devils: an interesting addition     WIN# 66 The Fischer Chess Spoon Story     WIN# 73 Silver on My Mind

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