Silver Curios in the Home - Rainwater, Dorothy
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Small silver items made over the last 150 years for many practical uses often are saved in curio cabinets for their beauty, but are little understood today. Leading silver experts explain their uses and show hundreds of various silver curios. Here are silver sewing devices, tableware, dresser and desk sets, cigar cutters, etc. Easily found in antiques shops, these curios reflect a more ornate culture.

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Small silver items made over the last 150 years for many practical uses often are saved in curio cabinets for their beauty, but are little understood today. Leading silver experts explain their uses and show hundreds of various silver curios. Here are silver sewing devices, tableware, dresser and desk sets, cigar cutters, etc. Easily found in antiques shops, these curios reflect a more ornate culture.
Autorenporträt
Dorothy T. Rainwater is the leading authority on American silver and its makers. She has written ten important reference books about silver. Beryl Frank's column on local history appeared for ten years in a weekly newspaper; she wrote about antiques in a monthly column for Sater's Antique News in Pennsylvania.