[Rarebooks] FS: 3 Early Exhibitions of American Colonial Silver

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3 Early Exhibitions of American Colonial Silver - $100/for the three.

"Exhibition of Old American and English Silver" Published in 
Philadelphia by the Pennsylvania Museum, Memorial Hall, in May, 1917. 
The catalog to a very early exhibition of English and American silver, 
featuring pieces drawn from a number of private collections, in fact, 
the exhibition was scaled back dramatically when a number of English 
collectors and museums pulled out, not wanting to chance their silver 
being sunk by U-Boats, it being the height of World War One and all. 
Softcover. 5.5"x8", 71 pages, black & white illustrations. Covers 
detached but present. Some chipping, water stain.

“Three Centuries of Historic Silver. Loan Exhibitions under the Auspices 
of the Pennsylvania Society of the Colonial Dames of America” By Mrs. 
Alfred C. Prime. Published in Philadelphia by the Pennsylvania Society 
of the Colonial Dames of America in 1938. Edition limited to 1000 
copies. A combined catalog of the work exhibited in the 1929 and 1937 
loan exhibitions, which drew on many private and public collections. The 
short Foreword is by John Marshall Phillips. The two exhibitions spanned 
the centuries of Philadelphia silversmith's work, including 17th, 18th 
and 19th century examples, right into the early Victorian period, 
although the illustrations are confined to 17th and 18th centuries, and 
a few Federal period examples. The silversmiths represented include not 
only Philadelphia, but also other, makers, including several foreign 
examples. The main text of the catalog comprises an alphabetical listing 
of the silversmiths, with some biographical information and descriptions 
of the pieces by them which are included in the exhibitions; there is a 
brief mark section, based on Ensko. Hardcover. 6.5"x9.5", 191 pages, 
black & white illustrations. The covers have some light wear (please see 
the photos, above and below). The book itself has some minor wear, and a 
former owner's name stamp on the endpaper, but otherwise is clean and 
nice, with a tight binding.

“American Church Silver of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries” By 
George M. Curtis, et al.
Published in Boston by the Museum of Fine Arts in 1911. The most quietly 
elegant of all the early exhibition catalogs, beautifully set-up, with 
beautifully crisp photographs protected by tissue guards. Contributors 
included Curtis, Francis Hill Bigelow and John H. Buck. The exhibition 
included secular plate as well. Hardcover. 7"x10", 163 pages, plus 38 
black & white plates with tissue guards.  The covers have some light 
wear and soil. The interior has some minor soil, but otherwise is clean 
and nice, with a tight binding.

All three catalogs for $100 net.


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