Sheffield Plate. Its history, manufacture and art; with makers' names and marks, also a note on foreign Sheffield plate

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The writer states: 'I have endeavoured to describe the nature of 'Old Sheffield'; to explain its construction; to portray its history and name its makers; to place it in a proper order and upon a proper footing; to set it, in fact, in a position of far more honour and distinction than that to which it has hitherto been assigned'. Mostly about processes and products but also includes schedules of platers at Sheffield and Birmingham. Structured in 26 chapters which include: 'The discovery in Sheffield'; 'The process of manufacture' x 3 chapters; 'Wirework'; 'Buckles and buttons'; 'Gilding'; 'Electroplating'; 'Makers' marks and their history'; 'Names of makers in Sheffield', 1742-1857 [pp284-91]; Names of makers in Birmingham', 1762-1849 [pp292-322]; 'Names of makers in London [1776-1848], Nottingham [1825-95], Edinburgh [1800-62], Glasgow [1818-38], Dublin [1805-24]' [pp323-41]; 'Foreign Sheffield plate'. NB the 'Names of makers' sections give for each name - address, dates, and sometimes 'Remarks'