American Silversmiths and Their Marks " He tells of Arthur's

" He tells of Arthur's confrontations with the Duke of North Umber and Sir Pellias

problems related to specific chapters are offered at the end of the work (no solutions)

Brilliantly weaving fact and fiction into a breathtaking and beautiful fable

of gamblers in tall hats and ladies in hoopskirts

American Silversmiths and Their Marks " He tells of Arthur's"So thoroughly is the American ethos embodied in the works of American silversmiths that it has given to their product a typical identity and it never can be mistaken for that of any other country." Charles Messer Stow in the Introduction. Forsaking the flourishes and ornamentation favored by their European contemporaries, early American gold and silver smiths pioneered a new American aesthetic sensibility in creating for their well heeled clients