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74 501 Precious metals and jewelry Grimwade A G [Precious metals and jewelry]. Grimwade, A.G. London Goldsmiths 1697-1837. Their Marks and Lives. From the Original Registers at Goldsmiths' Hall and Other Sources. London, Faber and Faber, 1990, 3rd ed., IX,(1),773p., frontisp., 3910 ills. of marks, orig. gilt cl. w. dustwr., 4to. = Cf. Arntzen/ Rainwater P504: "The most important contribution to scholarship in the study of English silver since the publication of Jackson's English goldsmiths and their marks (...)." Jones, K.C. The Silversmiths of Birmingham and their Marks 1750-1980. London, N.A.G. Press, 1981, 416p., (col.) ills., marks, orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to. - AND 3 others on gold- and silversmiths in England, i.a. N.M. PENZER, Paul Storr Silversmith and Goldsmith 1771-1844 (ibid., 1971, new ed., num. ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to) and P. GLANVILLE and J. FAULDS GOLDSBOROUGH, Women Silversmiths 1685-1845 (ibid., 1990, richly illustrated, orig. cl. w. dustwr. 4to).