Cape Silver & Silversmiths – Stephen Welz

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Cape Silver & Silversmiths: The Work of Silversmiths at the Cape of Good Hope from late 17th to mid 19th century. Early Problems , training, output, marking, quality. with a definitive list of smiths and their marks

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Blue cloth over boards, with gold lettering on the spine. Title and copyright pages dated 1976. 172 pages. Very good condition. Minor wear to corners. Spine and edges of boards have faded slightly. Endpapers and pastedowns have toned. Inscription appears on front free endpaper; pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is blue, with a black-and-white illustration on the front, in good condition. Spine has sunned. Some wear and tear to edges and corners; foot of spine is chipped. Two small areas of discoloration on front of jacket. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and reproductions of artworks. Monograph on silversmithing on the Cape of Good Hope, in South Africa.