Quimby, Ian M. G. and Dianne Johnson — American Silver at Winterthur

The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc, 1995. Hardcover. Black cloth, pictorial dust jacket, 490 pp. profusely illus.; weighs 5 lbs. "Introductory essays address issues of authorship, style, use, and scientific analysis as well as the creation of the collection at Winterthur by Henry Francis du Pont. The catalogue portion, arranged alphabetically within the major divisions of New England, New York, and Pennsylvania and the South, is put together with meticulous attention to detail. In addition to extensive biographical data on the 162 silversmiths, each of the 517 entries includes information on size, weight, general description, fabrication methods, engraving, stamps, history, exhibitions, provenance, spectrographic analysis (percent of silver, copper, gold, lead) as wll as extensive references." (dj). VG (Some smudges near heel of binding, interior of dj is aging along top edge; some wear to dj edges; book itself is fine.) .