Old-Pewter: Its Makers and Marks in England, Scotland & Ireland--An Account of the Old Pewterer & His Craft

  • Cloth
  • New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929
By Howard Herschel Cotterell
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Cloth. Very Good +. A solid copy of the 1929 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its russet cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Very light spotting --and a touch of scuffing-- at the rear panel, otherwise clean as could be. Thick quarto, 5 fold-out "touchplates" at the rear. "Illustrating all known marks and secondary marks of the old pewterers with a series of plates showing the chief types of their wares" (from the title page).

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