Collecting Antique Pewter - Mfgr Techniques Fakes Forgeries Reproductions / Book

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COLLECTING ANTIQUE PEWTER - What to Look For and What to Avoid
published by The Pewter Collectors’ Club of America, Inc., MA, 2006.
This comprehensive book is a must-buy text for the serious collector, dealer, or historian of antique pewter.  “While many books about pewter currently exist, the authors of this volume have turned their attention to an aspect of collecting pewter that is often overlooked: ‘Fakes, Forgeries and Reproductions’.  The book begins with the positive side of collecting antique pewter, ‘Collecting and Connoisseurship’ highlights the different criteria used to evaluate and distinguish period pewter, and provides readers with the basic knowledge to become more distinguished collectors.  This chapter is followed by the subject “Construction & Fabrications”.  Here, the various methods, tools and materials used to manufacture pewter are discussed and illustrated.”  The book then reviews Fakes and Forgeries and specifically looks at the aspects of mugs and chalices, beakers, measures, spoons and ladles, candlesticks, basins and bowls, plates and dishes, and miscellaneous items.  The book is rounded out with a Glossary of Terms and Bibliography.
8.8” x 11.3” hardback with dust cover in NEW condition.  215 pages.
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