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[Catalogue of 19th century British plated and unplated art metal-work].

1880 · Sheffield : Pawson & Brailsford Lithographers · 52 pictures

A trade catalogue of British plated and unplated art metalwork, published in Sheffield in 1880 by the lithographers Pawson & Brailsford, presenting manufacturers' wares to buyers and retailers. The pictures show ornate teapots and ewers with classical swags and oval medallions, alongside fish-servers, cake knives and forks, and nickel-silver salvers in engraved line drawing. A designer could take from them the decorative vocabulary of late eighteenth-century neoclassical silver: garlands, laurel bands, and cartouches.

Art metal-work -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century · Britannia metal -- History -- 19th century · Electroplating -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century · Nickel-plating -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century · Silverwork -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century

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