[Rarebooks] FS: 1907 Isle of Man Church Silver Study

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: “The Old Church Plate of the Isle of Man”

By E. Alfred Jones.
Published in London by Bemrose & Sons, Ltd. in 1907.

DISCUSSION: A pioneering work on the ecclesiastical silver on the Isle of
Man, most of the surviving examples of which dated from the 18th century,
though there were also some fine 17th century examples, and a few of the
Elizabethan and Carolian periods. Most of the silver was of English,
mainly London, origin.

E[dward] Alfred Jones [1872-1943] was a prolific writer on antique silver.
Born in Llanfyllin, Wales, Jones served in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers
before launching his career as a researcher and writer on all things
antique and antiquarian, most especially silver. One of his specialties
became the compilation of sponsored volumes on the silver of specific
localities, or diocese, including the Tower of London, Windsor Castle, the
Cambridge colleges, and American churches, and catalogs of private
collections, such as that of the Duke of Devonshire, Baroness James de
Rothschild, and the Emperor of Russia. Jones also wrote about furniture,
tapestry, enamels, other art objects, and about Loyalists from the
American Revolution. Jones was a member of the Livery of the Worshipful
Company of Goldsmiths, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and
member of the National Art Collections Fund and of the Contemporary Art
Society, and was awarded honorary M.A. degrees from the University of
Wales and Oxford University. Jones died on August 23, 1943, from injuries
received from a fall during a wartime blackout.

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 8"x10", xxxii + 33 pages, plus 20 black & white
plates.

CONDITION NOTES: Bright and clean ex-historical society, with several
small stamps and a bookplate.

PRICE: $125-

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