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Acknowledgements                                                                                                8

Introduction                                                                                                             9

Chapter 1.        The Beginnings. The family Birks: Isaac; Arthur;                             11

George; George junior; Henry; Edward; Frederick A.;

Thomas; Alboin; Lawrence A.; Ronald; Sidney

Chapter 2.        The Pâte-sur-pâte Influence at Minton:                                           26

Alboin Birks; Lawrence A. Birks

Chapter 3.        The Vine Pottery in Stoke upon Trent                                            56

Chapter 4.        Tableware: Early patterns and shapes: 'Imare;                                 63

Aster'; 'Dürer'. Catalogue pages. Exhibition

photographs. Savoy China. Carlton China

Chapter 5.        The Reuter Influence: Persindo Porcelain. Len Rivers                    111

Chapter 6.        The Rheads, Fred Ridgway and Exhibition Awards                      128

Chapter 7.        Innovations: Pierced Ware; M.J. Deacon                                     138

Chapter 8.        Novelty Wares: Floating bowl specialities;                                    148

Grotesques; Comical animais; Catalogue pages;

Cameos

Chapter 9.        Crested China: the different outlets and trademarks;                      164

Souvenir ware

Chapter 10.      Royal Patronage                                                                          198

Chapter 11.      The Decline of the Vine Pottery                                                    202

Appendix 1.     Family Tree of Birks potters                                                         206

Appendix 2.     Census Returns 1841 to 1891                                                      209

Appendix 3.     High Profile Artists employed at the Vine Pottery                          213

Appendix 4.     Trademarks                                                                                 216

Bibliography                                                                                                        218

Index                                                                                                                  220

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Pub year : 2002

Pages : 166

Collection :

S : 22X28

Pictures : 320

Includes colors : 240

Binding : Broché

Language : Anglais

ISBN : 9781851493135

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EAN : 9781851493135

The silver box has fascinated and intrigued collectors for many centuries. It is perhaps safe to say that no other objets de vertu have attracted such vivid attention from maker and collector alike.

This book is a comprehensive study of the subject which concentrates on the development of the silver box in England from the sixteenth to the late nineteenth centuries. Because the interest of collectors lies not so much in the shape or type of boxes as in the wide variety of uses to which they have been put and the splendid enrichment lavished upon them, there is a penetrating analysis of the roots and derivations of ornament. The full colour illustrations show boxes with as many diverse forms and uses as possible.

The term box covers any receptacle (unless it is a vessel) whether it is a snuffbox, a pyx or a lancet case for use in phlebotomy, as long as it possesses a lid, hinged or otherwise. The usual snuffboxes and vinaigrettes appear in plenty but they have been carefully selected to show the ingenuity of silver craftsmen. More importantly perhaps we find the splendid variety of special purpose silver boxes: religious, dental and medical, skippet and seal, Masonic, jewel caskets, sweetmeat boxes, pomanders - there is even the unique sumptuous Henry VII Barber-Surgeon's case of circa 1512 with its glowing enamels.

There is much hitherto unpublished material including pieces from private collections and articles from Livery Companies and other institutions.

Eric Delieb was a London antique silver dealer, who conducted a highly successful business on both sides of the Atlantic and also devoted much of his time to research into Old English Silver. Author of a standard bibliography of books on hallmarks, many articles in antique journals and Investing in Silver, his name had become particularly associated with Collectors' Silver, a subject that formed the basis of his world-wide correspondence.
 

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