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Collecting Old Glass, English and IrishCollecting Old Glass, English and IrishI hope the reader may find that this book, though smaller than others on the same subject, is more helpful and even more comprehensive than they are; that it deals with the glass articles which they mention and with...
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The Gentle Art of FakingThe Gentle Art of Faking - A history of the methods of producing imitations & spurious works of art from the earliest times up to the present dayCollectomania may with some reason be looked upon as a comedy in which the leading parts are...
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Old Glass and How to Collect itOld Glass and How to Collect itOne of the most beautiful, nay, most sumptuous, books produced in recent years, and from that point of view the Author and the publisher, the artist and the printer, and, indeed, also the binder, are to be heartily...
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Sandwich Glass: A Technical Book for CollectorsSandwich Glass: A Technical Book for CollectorsIt is not the purpose of the author in this volume to treat of the myriads of pressed glass dating from the centennial to the present day masquerading in shops as Sandwich glass and cluttering up the cabinets...
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Collecting as a PastimeCollecting as a PastimeIn the html version of this eBook, links to larger scale illustrations have been provided where details are not easily visible. Please see the detailed transcribers note at the end of this text. This book is written, and the illustrations prepared,...
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Chats on Old Sheffield PlateChats on Old Sheffield PlateImitation is no new thing in art. Indeed it may be advanced as an axiom that no art worthy of the name has ever come into being without inheriting the traditions and technique of some preceding motifs. Bizarre movements have...
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Chats on Royal Copenhagen PorcelainChats on Royal Copenhagen Porcelain"A good wine needs no bush" is an old English proverb, and this is essentially true in regard to the art of the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Factory. The late M. Louis Solon, in preparing his colossal bibliographic work on Ceramic...
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Chats on Old Copper and BrassChats on Old Copper and BrassThe collection of old metal may at first sight appear a somewhat unattractive hobby; a moment's reflection, however, brings to mind the wonderful art treasures of metal in our museums, gathered together from many parts of the world; not...
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The Preservation of Antiquities: A Handbook for CuratorsThe Preservation of Antiquities: A Handbook for Curators Dr Rathgen has, in his preface, stated the aim of this handbook, and it is with a desire to further this aim that we have prepared an English translation. Claiming but limited experience in this field...
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The Confessions of a CollectorThe Confessions of a CollectorThis is a copy of the First Edition of this book. It is published in the United States by Messrs Dodd, Mead & Company, New York; but, in deference to the wishes of Collectors, the original London imprint is retained....
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Japanese SwordsJapanese SwordsMONGST the numberless articles of Japanese attire, works of art or mere household objects which the Restoration of 1868 compelled the Japanese to cast upon the market, none has met with such wide fame and yet with such a limited study as the...
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Jewel Mysteries, from a Dealer's Note BookJewel Mysteries, from a Dealer's Note BookDark was falling from a dull and humid sky, and the lamps were beginning to struggle for brightness in Piccadilly, when the opal of Carmalovitch was first put into my hand. The day had been a sorry one...
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The Unpublishable MemoirsThe Unpublishable Memoirs The Unpublishable Memoirs The Three Trees The Purple Hawthorn The Disappearance of Shakespeare The Colonial Secretary In Defence of His Name "The Hundred and First Story" The Lady of the Breviary The Evasive Pamphlet The Great Discovery The Fifteen Joys of...
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Chats on Old Furniture: A Practical Guide for CollectorsChats on Old Furniture: A Practical Guide for CollectorsThis volume has been written to enable those who have a taste for the furniture of a bygone day to arrive at some conclusion as to the essential points of the various styles made in England....
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The Oriental RugThe Oriental Rug - A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors.That Oriental rugs are works of art in the highest...
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Histoire des Plus Célèbres Amateurs ÉtrangersHistoire des Plus Célèbres Amateurs Étrangers - Espagnols, Anglais, Flamands, Hollandais et Allemands et de leurs relations avec les artistesCHAPITRE Ier.La conqute de l'Italie inspire le got des arts aux grands seigneurs espagnols.Prfrence qu'ils accordent l'cole vnitienne.Philippe II, G. Perez et le Titien.Tableaux de...
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Chats on Household CuriosChats on Household CuriosThere is a peculiar charm about the relics found in an old homea home from which many generations of fledglings have flown. As each milestone in family history is passed some once common object of use or ornament is dropped by...
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Charley's MuseumCharley's Museum - A Story for Young PeoplePHILADELPHIA: THEODORE BLISS & CO. Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1855 BY H. C. PECK & THEO. BLISS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania....
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The OutcryThe Outcry NO, my lord, Banks had replied, no stranger has yet arrived. But Ill see if any one has come inor who has. As he spoke, however, he observed Lady Sandgates approach to the hall by the entrance giving upon the great terrace,...
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Histoire des plus célèbres amateurs italiens et de leurs relations avec les artistesHistoire des plus célèbres amateurs italiens et de leurs relations avec les artistes - Tome IV La cour d'Urbin; Jules II et Lon X; le Bramante; Giuliano da San Gallo; Dcouverte du Laocoon; fondation de Saint-Pierre. Agostino Chigi; Balthasar Peruzzi; Sebastiano del Piombo. Raphaele...
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