TRADE SILVER MARKS IN THE AMERICAS 1682-1855 - Tecno-Libro

This book covers the silversmith marks found on indian trade silver between the years of 1682 and 1855. To date, this book is the world s largest compendium of maker marks found on indian trade silver. Many years of research have gone into this publication, and no other comprehensive work has been produced that is dedicated exclusively to this area of research and collecting. Until now, it has been a very time-consuming task to identify a mark found on a piece of trade silver. There are hundreds of books containing over 22,000 silver marks that one has to sift through in an attempt to identify a specific mark. it is now possible to quickly identify marks that might previously have taken days to identify. This book is also a good source of trade silver marks yet to be found but known to have existed, as well as marks that are found on trade silver but, as of yet, have not been identified. it should be noted that marks found on American indian trade silver are not limited to American makers, and