Argenterie

Money

208 pages. Chocolate brown embossed boards adorned with gilt and black. Chapters include: The Origin of Money; What is Money?; Currency; Gold Money; Silver Money; Paper Money; Bills of Exchange; Bank Shares; Banking; Exchange; Interest; Wealth; Capital; Panics; Individual Success; and National Prosperity. Contents considerably toned with age with an old book scent. 1.5" indent to top of backstrip. Binding tender but intact. Two-inch openings to top edge of approx fifteen pages. A worthy copy of this vintage monetary reference. Book

Modern Zilver 1880 - 1940

Gebonden, linnen originele uitgeversomslag met foto illustratie in kleur, 272pp., rijkelijk geillustreerd in kleur en in z/w. 330 afbeeldingen. ISBN 9789061091561. met zilvermerken en tekens

Modern Pewter : Design and Technique

143 pages. Index. "Deals with every basic handforming process used by the pewterer; how to set up a studio, draw a working diagram, cut, file, form, solder, bend, strengthen, polish and repair pewter." - from back cover. Heavily worn former library copy with usual markings. Binding intact. Book

MODERN JAPANESE ART OF FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS. Vol.V. Translated by Naozo Ueno and Shoji Kawamura. Explained by Seika Nishizaka. Painted by Etsujin Kawahara.

pp. 13 + 24 full page color illustrations printed from paintings by Seika Nishizaka with explanatory overlays on rice paper, printed in double columns. Old tape repair to title. First few leaves browned, but not brittle. Oblong 4to. Japanese style binding in purple cloth. Paper title label on front cover. Mildly XLib. ORIENT BOX 2

Modern Danish Silver / Argenterie moderne danoise. / Moderne dänische Silberkunst. / Moderne dansk sølv.

This is a very good hardcover copy with just light wear. Spine sunned. Pale blue cloth stamped in silver. Completely clean. Text in English, French, German and Danish. Illustrated throughout in black & white with 80 photographic plates showing fine examples of modern Danish silver. Index of designers and silversmiths. 12" high X 8" wide, 121 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.

MINIATURES. BIJOUX MODERNES ET ANCIENS. OBJETS DE VITRINE MICROMOSAIQUES, EROTICA. TABATIERES ET BOITES XVIIIe. ORFEVRERIE RUSSE. ORFEVRERIE ANCIENNE ET MODERNE. DOCUMENTATION. [EPINGLE. BROCHE. CROIX. CAMEE. BAGUE. ETC.. ]. 16/05/2003. (308 grams)

ESTIMATIONS

MINIATURES DU XVIIe AU XIXe. APPARTENANT A M. X. BOITES ET ETUIS EN OR ET EMAIL DU XVIIIe. 28/11/1971. (28 grams)

Mikhail Kuzmin: A Life in Art

This is a fine hardcover copy with a near fine dustjacket with almost no wear. Completely clean. Mikhail Kuzmin (1872- 1936) Russia's first openly gay writer, ranks with Aleksandr Blok, Boris Pasternak and Marina Tsvetaeva as one of the great Russian poets of the century. This is the first biography in any language to access the writer's private papers, including the notorious Diary. Certainly one the finest Russian Silver Age writers. Review copy sent with publicity sheet from HUP. 10" high X 6" wide, 463 pages. Heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.

Methods for Modern Sculptors

Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 294 pages with a great many b&w photos, mechanical line drawings. Sections include: Waxes and sprues (spruing sculptures) Mold making (piece molds, flexible molds) Ceramic shell casting, Dewaxing, The melt and the pour Welding chasing, cleaning (chasing, sandblasting, welding) Polishing and patination, (patina effects) Patinas for metals (bronze, copper, brass, silver, preserving)

Metallkunst. Silber, Kupfer, Messing, Zinn. Vom Jugendstil zur Moderne (1889-1939) (Sammlung Karl H. Brohan, Bd. 4)

Bound, cloth with dj., XV+608 pag., 22x27.5cm., many ills. mostly in b/w., good copy (some traces of use on dj.). ISBN 3980152537.

METAL ET ARGENTERIE MODERNE. ORFEVRERIE ANCIENNE. OBJETS DE VITRINE. BIJOUX. 11/03/1977. (40 grams)

METAL ARGENTE. ARGENTERIE MODERNE. ARGENTERIE ANCIENNE. OBJETS DE VITRINE. BIJOUX. DIAMANT SOUS SCELLE. BAGUE DIAMANT SOLITAIRE. ALLIANCE. BAGUES. BROCHES. BRACELETS. COLLIERS. CLIPS D'OREILLES ORNES DE DIAMANTS OU DE PIERRES PRECIEUSES... 13/12/1991. (15

ESTIMATIONS

METAL ARGENTE, ARGENT ET BIJOUX, ORFEVRERIE D'ARGENT ET DE VERMEIL. 25/11/1990. (86 grams)

MET GLANS VERWORVEN. RUBENS' ZILVEREN SIERSTEL. GIFT VAN PIERRE EN COLETTE BAUCHAU.

softcover, originele uitgeversomslag met flappen in kleur, 24x18 cm., 44 pp., geillustreerd in kleur en in z/w. ISBN 9051303475. Een unieke getuigenis van de rijke Antwerpse barokkunst. Fuhring plaatst de lampetkan en schaal terug in hun historische en kunsthistorische context.

MESMERISM; Its History, Phenomena, and Practice : With Reports of Cases Developed in Scotland.

pp. xii, 240 p. 16 mo. 175 mm. Original full cloth binding. Spine and front board require attachment repair. Still, a nice example of a very scarce book. Hand colored engraved bookplate of Samuel Parsons Scott (1846-1929) who left much of his substantial fortune and library to Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! OCCULT 14

Mentmore. Volume Two [this volume only]. [Sale] Catalogue of Works of Art and Silver. Sold on behalf of the Executors of the 6th Earl of Rosebery and his Family at Mentmore, Buckinghamshire. 18-23 May 1977. Sale Code : 'Mentmore'. NEAR FINE COPY WITH ESTIMATES AND PRICE LIST

4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, and very numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations in the text (a number full-page) and pictorial endpapers; original green boards gilt, backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. WITH THE PRINTED LISTS OF ESTIMATES AND PRICES REALISED LOOSELY INSERTED, together with a copy of the general sales prospectus. This volume comprises lots 201-694 (antiquities, sculpture, garden statuary and urns and bronzes) and lots 1001-1923 (arms & armour, table clocks, caskets and table cabinets, metalwork and Limoges enamels).

MEESTERWERKEN IN ZILVER UIT PRIVE - VERZAMELINGEN. CHEFS-D'OEUVRE D'ORFEVRERIE DE COLLECTIONS PRIVEES. MEISTERWERKE VON SILBER AUS PRIVATSAMMLUNGEN. MASTERWORKS OF SILVER OF PRIVATE COLLECTIONS.

Originele geillustreerde uitgeversomslag in kleur, 21x27 cm., 345 pp, geillustreerd in kleur en z/w. Tentoonstelling Gent Bijlokemuseum 19 april - 30 juni 1985. Tekst nederlands/ francais/ english/ deutsch. Burgerlijk zilver van de 16de, 17de en 18de eeuw uit de Zuidelijke Nederlanden en het Prinsbisdom Luik uit prive-verzamelingen. Gerankschikt per plaats: Antwerpen, Ath, Bergen, Brugge, Brussel, Dendermonde, Doornik, Gent, Ieper, Kortrijk, Leuven, Lier, Luik, Les Bonnes Villes van het prinsdom Luik. Mechelen, Menen, namen, Nijvel, Oudenaarde, Tienen, Virton.

Measurement of Air Flow, the

Ex-library book with usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and unmarked in any way. 367 pages, graphs, charts, formulae.

MASTERPIECES OF AMERICAN SILVER.

99p. Photo illustrations. Double column. Oblong 8vo. Original printed wraps. Spiral bound. Silver label on front cover. Scarce and valuable reference. ART 7

MARKS OF ACHIEVEMENT: FOUR CENTURIES OF AMERICAN PRESENTATION SILVER.

pp. 207 + 60 color, 165 black/white reproductions. 4to. Original publisher's cloth binding. DJ. A descriptive catalog of 231 works in the exhibition, with an introductory essay to each section. Fine copy. Important. PA 39

MARK SEAWORTH

Vg (no dj, clean brown paper-covered boards with clean beige cloth backstrip, tipped on colour plate on front board and red titles, Sunday School prize plate front fixed endpaper, a little of the colour from plate has rubbed off on title page, contents clean and unmarked throughout) 12mo 233pp. No date of publication but plate inscribed 1943/45.

Marchi dell'argenteria e oreficeria europeee dal XVI al XIX secolo. Collana di arti decorative diretta da Guido Gregoretti

In 8, pp. 127 + (1) con ill. n.t. Legatura edit. in p. tl. (manca la sovracc.).

MARCEL WOLFERS. ONDINE, VOOR EXPO 58.

softcover originele geillustreerde (foto) uitgeversomslag z/w, omslag beduimeld, 24x18cm, 68pp, geillustreerd in kleur en z/w. ISBN 9051305257. Een publicatie over het massief zilveren tafelmiddenstuk 'Ondine', ontworpen door de bekende edelsmeden van Huis Wolfers, en over Expo 58, waar dit pronkstuk destijds de hooggeplaatste gasten in de ambstwoning van de commissaris-generaal van de Wereldtentoonstelling moest verbluffen. In coproductie met het Koninklijk Filmarchief van Belgie, werd ook een DVD samengesteld met meer dan anderhalf uur uniek filmmateriaal over Expo 58 en bevat beelden van de bouw, de opening en de sluiting van de Wereldexpo. In deze publicatie getuigt Odine van het belang van de traditie; de eigentijdse documenten op de dvd daarentegen staan voor het modernisme. Version francais aviable.

MARCEL WOLFERS. ONDINE, POUR EXPO 58

Broche, couverture d' editeur illustre (photo) en couleur, 24x18cm, 68pp, illustre en coleur et n/b. Cette publication est consacree a l'Expo 58 elle-meme et au surtout de table en argent et vermeil 'Ondine', realise par la maison d'orfevrerie Wolfers pour eblouir les hotes de marque de l'Expo 58 dans la residence du commissaire-general. Avec un DVD de plus de 1 heure 30 de films d'epoque tournes durant l'Expo 58, du montage et de l'inauguration a sa fermeture, avec notamment la construction de l'Atomium. En temoignent, Odine pour la tradition et les documents contemporains sur DVD pour le modernisme. Ook Nederlandtalige versie verkrijgbaar.