The Book of Sheffield Plate
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- Author(s) Wyler, Seymour B
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1949
- Pages 188pp; illus
- Publisher Crown Publishers
- Place Published New York NY
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Intended as a guide for collectors and dealers seeking knowledge of Sheffield plating and electroplating. Has chapters: 'Definition of Sheffield plate - discovery of the process'; 'Laws regulating the production of Sheffield plating'; 'Problems of manufacture and how they were overcome'; 'Other countries where Sheffield plate was produced'; 'Outstanding makers of Sheffield Plate' - Thomas Boulsover / Joseph Hancock / Tudor & Leader / Thomas Law / Thomas Bradbury / Samuel Roberts / Thomas Nicholson / Matthew Boulton; 'Articles made in Sheffield plate' x 3 chapters; 'History of electroplating'; 'Identification of originals and recognition of spurious pieces'. Appendix covers: 'Sheffield plate marks' [pp54-8], 'Victorian plate marks' [pp158-79]