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Thank you for visiting my website. For the time being I am not offering any stock for sale on the site but I continue to buy and sell antique and modern silver and silver plate and I continue to research and write. Please enjoy the essays accessible through the site and there will be more to come in the near future!

Research

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Research

SYDNEY B. HARMAN, NEWSPAPER CLIPPING

MISS MAGGIE MAY, A PEARL NECKLACE AND SYDNEY B. HARMAN AS AN EXPERT WITNESS

Henry Jernegan’s Lottery Sale: one of only two known surviving copies of this sale catalogue. [Please read in conjunction with my essay: ‘Henry Jernegan, the Kandlers and the Client who changed his mind.’ If making use of this material, please acknowledge the source.]

JOHN FOSSEY AND JOHN FESSEY: A CONFUSION RESOLVED.

ALEXANDER BRODIE [1732-1811].

A preliminary list of silver articles bearing the mark of John Jacob [Jean Jacob], London 1734-1768.

OBITUARIES OF LT. COL. GEORGE LAMBERT

THE OPENING OF THE NEW GOLDSMITHS’ HALL IN LONDON

Thomas Hammond, John Carter and Richard Carter: the Business of Silversmithing.

TWO CURIOUS GOTHIC LETTERS AND LOUIS HAMON, SILVERSMITH.

The Life of Charles Overing, silversmith, of London.

‘FRENCH PLATED’ BRASS [PART 2]: IDENTIFYING I.D. ‘WITH A CROWN ABOVE’.

The First Castletops: a short examination of some Birmingham topographical souvenirs and their makers 1825-38.

TRAPRAIN LAW SILVER REPRODUCTIONS BY BROOK AND SONS OF EDINBURGH

The Partnership of Hukin and Heath.

‘FRENCH PLATED’ BRASS [PART 1] : ANTHONY CHRISTIAN

THE JERNEGAN WINE CISTERN

The Letters of Richard Carter [awaiting editing and annotation].

FAMILY BUSINESS: ROBERT COLLIER, THE MASTER OF JAMES PHIPPS I, SILVERSMITH.

Benjamn Mordecai: a Jewish silversmith in 18th century London who changed his name to Benjamin Mountague.

James Shruder, Chaser, Goldsmith, Papier Maché Manufacturer: a Fresh Look at his Life.

HARMAN AND LAMBERT

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