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Title	Author	# of Pages
Collector's Guide to Antique American Silver	Marvin D. Schwartz	174

Contents

Illustrations    (p. vii)
Introduction    (p. xiii)

1. Silver-Making Techniques for the Connoisseur    (p. 1)
2. Seventeenth- and Early Eighteenth- Century Forms    (p. 10)
3. Eighteenth-Century Design: The Rococo    (p. 27)
4. The Neo-Classical as an American Silver Style    (p. 65)
5. Victorian (or Nineteenth Century) Is Different    (p. 89)
6. Revival Styles: 1830-70    (p. 94)
7. Eclectic and Academic Design: 1870-1900    (p. 114)
8. Twentieth-Century Possibilities    (p. 139)
9. Identifying American Silver    (p. 149)

Prominent American Silversmiths and Manufacturers    (p. 152)
Bibliography    (p. 169)
Index    (p. 170)