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Robertson, R. A.

Old Sheffield Plate

London Ernest Benn Limited 1957, Small octavo. 190pp. Index. Numerous black & white photographs throughout. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Minor wear to spine ends, else a fine copy in worn and faded dust jacket. Describes the method of silver plating discoveres by Thomas Boulsover in 1743, and how the technique was perfected over a period of 100 years, and Sheffield plate became a standard for fine silverwork throughout the world.

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