Silver Jewelry Designs: Evaluating Quality Good * Better * Best (A Schiffer Book for Collectors)

Silver Jewelry Designs: Evaluating Quality Good * Better * Best (A Schiffer Book for Collectors) by Schiffer, Nancy N.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780764300523.

A thorough study of European and American silver jewelry designs and workmanship. The innovative designs in silver jewelry made in Europe and North America in the 20th century are fascinating and highly popular today. This new book starts with the end of Victorian styles, just before the turn of the twentieth century, and proceeds to display and explain the relationships in Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Mexican, Native American, Mid-century Realistic, and Modern Abstract styles right up to the 1990s. Beautiful color photographs clearly show the details, makers marks, and fine workmanship that make each piece of jewelry fascinating to so many collectors today.