Rare Book Antique British Pewter Britannia Metal This text is a scholarly survey of the history and development of antique British pewter and Britannia metal supplemented by 102 black-and-white photographs and 16 color plates illustrating examples of this ware.

BRITISH PEWTER AND BRITANNIA METAL , by Christopher A. Peal, Peebles Press, NY, 1971.

The book sets the background of British pewter through the centuries, and with a new brisk approach, the subject is presented in great detail. It gives for the first time information concerning new types previously unrecorded and presents many facts not hitherto crystallized, and similarly breaks new ground with aids to the detection of fakes. The less experienced collector is not forgotten and the author, besides providing a guide to spotting fakes and forgeries, shows how a superb collection can be assembled using the knowledge which he has gathered from many years of research. It is common knowledge that Britannia metal is proving to be of growing interest to the Pewter collector and consequently this alloy is also discussed in some depth.

This in-depth text covers by chapter: Introduction; Acquiring and Collecting; Cleaning and Repairing; Marks - Selection of Some of the More Frequent / Touch Marks / Secondary Marks / Official Stamp Numbers; Romano-British, Early Medieval-to End Sixteenth Century; 1600-1710; 1710-1820; 1820 Onwards; Scottish, Welsh, Irish and Cannel Isle Pewter; Britannia Metal; Fakes and Reproductions; Appendix I: Where Pewter Can be Seen in Museums, etc.; Appendix II: Short Bibliography; and Appendix III: Combined Glossary and Index. On all counts this book will be essential reading to the advanced collector or the novice and should prove to be a constant source of reference. For a large selection of other out-of-print reference books on antique pewter or silver, please go to our eBay store.

7.75 in. x 10.25 in. hardback with dust cover in near-new condition. 200 pages.

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Rare In-Depth Book Antique American Pewter / Marks The profuse black-and-white photographs, detailed line drawings, in-depth information on marks, and supplemental rich narrative combine to make this early out-of-print book an invaluable

GUIDE TO AMERICAN PEWTER. By Carl Jacobs, The McBride Company Inc., NY, 1957 First Edition.

This rare comprehensive book 'lists alphabetically all known American pewterers, including the names of hundreds of newly discovered craftsmen, with their place of work, working dates, rarity, and surviving forms made by each. Every known touchmark is pictured under the name of the pewterer, with an indication of chronological usage and comparative scarcity. Specific dollar valuations are given for each form with its various touchmarks. The three-hundred-odd touchmarks are illustrated in line drawings to scale, and numerous other drawings show the evolution of various important pewter forms – teapots, coffee pots, porringers, basins, plates, mugs, bowls, tankards, and more – many with their regional usage and variations. Many black-and-white photographs illustrate outstanding examples of American pewter.'

An added feature in the Appendix is The Danforth Family in Connecticut, who for five generations were among the foremost American pewterers, and Characteristic Pewter Forms, which illustrate with line drawings distinctive shapes and patterns of pewter ware. This book is an indispensable reference for the collector, dealer, or historian of antique American pewter.

6.3 in. x 9.5 in. hardback with dust cover in protective plastic sleeve in very good condition. 216 pages.

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Antique American & British Pewter Makers Types / Book Out-of-print, this early book is a compilation of authoritative articles on American and British antique pewter published in the magazine ANTIQUES. This book provides an in-depth study of American and British antique pewter – written by renowned authorities of this subject.

AMERICAN AND BRITISH PEWTER – AN HISTORICAL SURVEY edited by John Carl Thomas, Main Street/Universe Press, NY, 1976.

Profusely illustrated in black-and-white, this early books provides a broad insight to early American and British pewter as seen by over thirty authors. 45 articles are republished in this text which covers by chapter: British Pewter (11 articles); American Pewter Before 1800 (23 articles); and American Pewter After 1800. Pictured are examples of pitchers and mugs, porringers, teapots, beakers, chalices, plates and bowls, spoons and utensils, candle holders and more. Many story articles are on the makers, wares from certain geographic areas, marks, types of pewter wares, and more. Given the many articles by so many contributing authors, this book provides a broad perspective on the study of British and American pewter.

8.7 in. x 11 in. softback in very good condition. 160 pages.

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Antique American Pewter Makers incl. Marks Massive Book Three volumes in one, this rare out-of-print book is the most comprehensive text published on American antique pewter including its makers and their marks. Over 1,000 black-and-white photographs illustrate the touch marks and show examples of early American pewter.

PEWTER IN AMERICAN – ITS MAKERS & THEIR MARKS – Three Volumes in One by Ledlie Irwin Laughlin, American Legacy Press, NY, 1981.

This extremely in-depth text covers by chapter: Volume I: Introduction; The European Background; Problems of the Colonial Pewterer; The Business of a Pewterer; The Marks of a Pewterer; Pewter Making in America; Household Pewter; Ecclesiastical Pewter; The Pewterers of Massachusetts Bay; The Rhode Island Pewterers; The Pewterers of the Connecticut Valley. Volume II: The Pewterers of New York City; Albany Pewterers; The Pewterers of Pennsylvania; The Pewterers of the South; The Initialed Porringers; Unidentified Porringers; The Britannia Period; Makers of the Britannia Period; Dethroned Pewterers; Fakes; The Cleaning and Care of Pewter; Random Notes on Collecting; Unsolved Problems of American Pewter; Appendixes – Check List of American Makers of Pewter, Britannia, or Block Tin and Representative Inventories of American Pewter Shops; Bibliography; and Index. Volume 3: Preface; Acknowledgments; Problems of the Colonial Pewterer; The Business of a Pewterer; The Marks on Pewter; Household Pewter; Ecclesiastical Pewter; The Pewterers of Massachusetts Nay; The Rhode Island Pewterers; The Pewterers of the Connecticut Valley; The Pewterers of New York City; Albany Pewterers; The Pewterers of Pennsylvania; The Pewterers of the South; Unidentified American Touches; The Britannia Period; Makers of the Britannia Period; Dethrowned Pewterers; Checklist of American Makers of Pewter, Britannia or Block Tin; Index of Symbols and Initials in the Early Touchmarks; Index of Makers of Pewter Shown in Plates; Bibliography; and General Index. The profuse illustrations, identifying captions, and rich narrative which includes a history of the industry and numerous biographical sketches of the artists, combine to make this book an invaluable resource reference work. 'These volumes are widely held to be the most scholarly work available on the subject.'

Bible-thick 8.7 in. x 11.1 in. hardback with dust cover in protective plastic sleeve in very good condition. 687 pages.

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Collecting Antique Pewter / Scarce Out-of-Print Book Illustrated in black-and-white, this early out-of-print book is a concise study on antique pewter collecting.

PEWTER by John Bedford, Walker & Company, NY, 1965.

Subjects covered in this book include Classical Pewter, Pewterer’s Guilds, Fine and Common Pewter, Making and Decoration, Marks, Cleaning and Repairing, Tankards – Flagons – and Measures (Lids or Covers, Handles, Thumbpieces, Pub Tankards, Early Tall Flagons, Continental Flagons, Beakers, Measures, Plates, Dishes, and Chargers, Salts); Sacred and Ceremonial (Chalices and Patens, Other Altar Vessels, Almsdishes, Processional Staves, Candlesticks and Lamps); Oddments and Oddities (Inkstands, Snuff-Boxes and Rasps, Tobacco Requisites, Kitchen Wares, Britannia Metal); and Art Pewter. There’s a wealth of information in this concisely written small text.

5.1 in. x 7.5 in. hardback with dust cover in protective plastic sleeve in very good condition. 64 pages.

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Antique Pewter Types Makers Marks Hallmarks / Rare Book This classic reference book is a collector’s item in itself. 'First published in England 35 years ago, this lengthy monograph by the late H.H. Cotterell is far and away the most authoritative and comprehensive work on old British pewter. It has, in fact, no rival. The new edition is as complete and lavishly illustrated as the original; nothing has been omitted…it traces the history of pewter-making in the British Isles, and goes on to identify every mark and imprint by which such pewter is known…'

OLD PEWTER – ITS MAKERS AND MARKS – In England, Scotland and Ireland – An Account of the Old Pewterer and His Craft by Howard Herschel Cotterell, Charles E. Tuttle Co., Rutland, VT, 1963/1970.

'Illustrating all known marks and secondary marks of the old pewterers with a series of plates showing the chief types of their wares…A glance at the chapter titles in Mr. Cotterell’s table of contents will readily indicate to the reader the thoroughness with which he has presented the ‘account of the old pewterer and his craft,’ as he calls it: I. Short Historical Introduction; II. The History of Pewter-Marking as Told in the Records; III. The Old Pewterers and Their Touchplates; IV. Secondary Marks, Collectors’ Difficulties, Pewterers’ Tokens and Trade-Cards, Etc.; V. Illustrations of Examples of Pewter-Ware; VI. Alphabetical List of Pewterers, with Illustrations of Their Marks, Where Known; VII. Alphabetical List of Those Marks Which with the Device, Bear Only the Initials of Their Owners’ Names; VIII. Illustrations of Those Marks Which Must Be Designated as ‘Obscure,’ for Want of Any Indication as to Their Ownership; IX. Index to devices in Marks Illustrated in Chapters VI, VII, and VIII; X. Index to Hall Marks in Chapters VI, VII, and VIII. In addition to the information provided in these ten chapters, Mr. Cotterell supplies a list of hallmarks without owner’s initials, a bibliographical list of works dealing with British pewter and pewterers, and a general index.' A most complete reference, this early out-of-print book is hard-to-find, and would make a fine addition to the permanent reference library of the collector, dealer, or historian of British pewter.

Bible-thick 8.75 in. x 11.3 in. hardback with dust cover in very good condition. 432 pages plus pull-outs.

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Scarce Book American Antique Pewter / Marks 'This book is the undisputed authority on the craft of pewter-making in America,' including extensive information on makers and marks.

AMERICAN PEWTER by J.B. Kerfoot. Bonanza Books, NY, MCMXXIV (1924-Reprint).

This text is a detailed history of American pewter, and an indispensable reference work. There is an account of every known American pewterer with dates, types of work, scarcity factors and marks. There are over 500 black-and-white illustrations picturing some of the most notable examples of this ware. The hundreds of photographs, together with the illustrations of marks, the check lists, and the statistical tables make it easy for anyone to identify and evaluate almost any piece of collectible American pewter. Pictured are examples of porringers, mugs and tankards, bowls and plates, candlesticks, lamps, frames, beakers, spoons and ladles, coffee-pots and tea-pots, sugars and creamers, and more. The book covers by chapter: Collecting, Collectibles, and Collectibility; The What, When, and Where of Pewter; Pewter in America Before 1750; Pewter-Making in America 1750-1850; Largely Statistical; The Eight-Inch-Plate Men; The Transition Workers; The Coffee-Pot Era; The Marking of American Pewter; The Pewter Lamp; care of pewter and Index. This is an invaluable book, which belongs, in the permanent reference library of the collector, dealer, or historian of American antique pewterware.

8.4 in. x 10.9 in. hardback with dust cover in very good condition. 236 pages.

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Scarce Book American Antique Pewter 1700-1860 This rare book is a scholarly guide to the history, selection, and care of pewterware produced in the United States from 1700 to 1860.

COLLECTING AMERICAN PEWTER by Katherine Ebert, Charles Scribner’s Sons, NY 1973 First Edition.

Profusely illustrated in black-and-white, this book reviews the metal, construction, marks, and various types of ware produced in early America. Pictured are examples of spoons, porringers, bowls, dishes, tankards and mugs, teapots and coffeepots, sugars and creamers, candlesticks, ecclesiastical pewter, lamps and more. There is a chapter on Pewterers Known to Have Made Lamps With Their Working Dates; a section on Cleaning, Fakes, and Reproductions; American Pewterers and Their Marks; American Makers of Pewter or Britannia Without Reported Examples; and an in-depth Bibliography. In addition to 159 photographs, drawings are provided illustrating 368 maker’s marks, and invaluable source of reference for collectors. There’s a wealth of information in this early out-of-print book, which belongs in the permanent reference library of the collector, dealer, or historian of early American pewter.

8.2 in. X 10.6 in. hardback with dust cover in protective plastic sleeve in very good condition. 163 pages.

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Rare Book American Pewter 1928-1931 / Marks This rare out-of-print book is highlighted with approximately 150 black-and-white photographs of American pewter ware and pewter makers’ marks.

THE MYSTERY ERA OF AMERICAN PEWTER 1928-1931 by Carolyn Smith and Peggy Hixon, Universal Press Inc., OK, 1979.

'On the following pages we have listed in alphabetical order the trademarks of the pewter of 1928-1931 with photographs of a representative piece and the trademarks, plus information we have about the manufacturing company. Marks we have been unable to identify are shown at the end of this section. There are two indices in the back of the book: one listing the pewter by trade name and one listing manufacturers and the pewter lines they made. There have also been a few marks we have seen that we know nothing about. These are ‘Lenox Pewter,’ ‘Frederick Lunning Hand Made Pewter,’ and a triangle with the word ‘Wiese’ inside and the words ‘Handmade Pewter’ on two sides of the triangle. Of the 86 different pewter marks in our collection, we have identified 63 as to company of manufacture and time of manufacture. The major portion of this book deals with these marks.' This book, a collector’s item in itself, is an indispensable reference for the collector, dealer, or historian of American pewter."

5.5 in. x 8.5 in. softback in good+ condition. 73 pages.

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Scarce Book Antique American Pewter Types / Makers Profusely illustrated in black-and-white, this early out-of-print book is an in-depth guide to

THE AMERICAN PEWTERER: HIS TECHNIQUES & HIS PRODUCTS. By Henry J. Kauffman, Thomas Nelson & Sons, (Canada), Limited, 1970.

This scolarly text covers by chapter: Pewter; The Metal; The Workshop; Buttons and Spoons (Casting Spoons); Basins and Plates; Inkstands; Beakers and Mugs; Tankards, Flagons, and Measures; Coffeepots and Teapots; Porringers; Candlesticks; Other Objects (Bottles, Sugar Bowls, Chalices, Creamers, Ladles, Salts, Funnels, Sundials and Clock Faces); Britannia; The Metal; The Factory; The Product; Appendix; Bibliography; and Index.

This book "deals with the casting and finishing techniques used [for antique pewter]. Photographs of pewter products and detailed illustrations of the molds that cast them supplement the text. In producing some of the more elaborately contoured pieces, such as teapots, as many as six separate castings were required and then they were carefully fitted and fused together to make the finished product. In the final chapters of the book, the casting and spinning techniques used in the early nineteenth century when Britannia metal supplanted pewter and mass production methods were coming into their own are also discussed and illustrated. Everyone who is interested in pewter, novice or experienced collector, will find 'The American Pewterer' an invaluable addition to his library."

7.25 in. x 10.25 in. hardback with dust cover in very good+ condition. 158 pages.

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Scarce In-Depth Book American Antique Pewter / Marks In this richly illustrated study, the author traces the history of pewter in America. 'He offers many fascinating glimpses into local history and cultural life as he traces the evolution of styles: the simple shapes that enhanced seventeenth –century life, the elegant eighteenth-century designs, and the bold ornamental forms of the nineteenth century, to which the harder and lighter versions of the alloy – Britannia – was particularly well suited.'

A HISTORY OF AMERICAN PEWTER by Charles F. Montgomery, E.P. Dutton, NY, 1973/1978.

'This authoritative study includes a discussion of methods of manufacture, shop practices, apprenticeship, the pewterers’ craft as it broke away from Traditional English forms, the fascinating topic of pewterers’ ‘touches’ or trademarks, and, for the collector, connoisseurship. A section on American pewterers and Britannia makers and their marks and their marks provides a valuable reference for the collector and student alike, as does an analysis of the composition of pewter objects, which represents a recent advance in research that has never been published.'

Profusely illustrated in black-and-white, this book covers by chapter: Pewter in Everyday Life; The American Pewterer and His Craft; Connoisseurship; Church Pewter: Baptismal Basins, Beakers, Chalices, Flagons, and Communion Tokens; Lighting: Candlesticks, Lamps, and Sconces; Drinking Vessels: Mugs and Tankards; Pitchers; Plates, Dishes, and Basins; Porringers; Spoons and Ladles; Utensils for Tea and Coffee; "Any Uncommon Thing in Pewter"; Pewterers and Britannia Makers and Their Marks; Public Collections of American Pewter; Plates and Dishes in the Winterthur Museum; Composition of American Pewter and Britannia Objects; Cleaning Old Pewter; Bibliography; and Index. This is an indispensable book, which belongs in the permanent library of the collector, dealer or historian of antique pewter.

7.1 in. x 10.25 in. hardback with dust cover in protective plastic sleeve in very good condition. 246 pages.

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Rare In-Depth Book Antique British / European Pewter '…precious little has been published for the American reading public which deals with pewter made outside this country. Curiously enough, however, until the author began the preparation of this book, it had, apparently, occurred to no one to outline the salient characteristics which distinguish the pewterware of one country from another, or the ware of Great Britain as a whole from that of the Continent in general and in particular. The performing of just that service is the purpose of the pages, which follow. For obvious reasons, all discussions of American pewter has been avoided.'

NATIONAL TYPES OF OLD PEWTER by Howard Herschel Cotterell, Adolphe Riff, and Robert M. Vetter. Weathervane Books, NY, 1972 First Edition.

This book is a compilation of articles published in the magazine, 'ANTIQUES.' Information on styles, marks, and makers is given. Profusely illustrated in black and white, there is also extremely rich narrative, which assists the reader in identifying and authenticating antique pewter wares from abroad. Given the authoritative monographs on the subject, this book is an invaluable resource reference for the collector, dealer, or historian of English and European antique pewter.

8.7 in. x 11.2 in. hardback with dust cover in protective plastic sleeve in very good condition. 152 pages.

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