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.

First edition: 172 pages, numerous illustrations, blue cloth boards with gilt publisher’s device on the upper cover, titled gilt on the spine, a very good copy in the dust jacket.

This book is described as an important contribution to the study of Cape Silver. It includes biographical information on Cape silversmiths, a record of the marks used by silversmiths and a survey of objects made from late 17th to mid-19th century.