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American church silver of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with a few pieces of domestic plate, exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, July to December, 1911.

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Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-147627

Description

xxv p., 1 ¾., 163 p. illus., 38 pl. (incl. 3 facsim.) 26 cm.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Church plate, American.
Plate Exhibitions.
Silverwork

Originator

Curtis, George Munson, 1857-
Berger, Florence Virginia.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Publication

Boston

Description

xxv p., 1 ¾., 163 p. illus., 38 pl. (incl. 3 facsim.) 26 cm.

Notes

Plates accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress.
Introduction, "Early silversmiths of Connecticut," signed: George Munson Curtis.
"Explanation of terms," signed Florence V. Paull: p. [xix]-xxv.
"American silversmiths": p. [127]-161.

Call Number

Coll. NK7215.B6

Places

United States.

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