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| Title: |
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Antique Silver Servers for the Dining Table |
| Author: |
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Benton Seymour Rabinovitch |
| Publisher: |
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Joslin Hall Publishing |
| Year: |
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1991 |
| Condition: |
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very good to excellent, hard cover |
| Price: |
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$47.50 use order item number: 20150723-09 |
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1st Edition Hardcover Mint, plastic sleeve dj. Plates & Illustrations 291pp. 9" x 11". Over 400 examples of servers are illustrated. Index. In this monograph, the author discusses the historical origins and the functional and stylistic development of broad-bladed antique silver servers in the period 1700-1900. Connections are made to the foods, culinary and social customs, and to the societal background of the times, and their evolution. |
