Het Zilverlexicon voor Nederland en België
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Het Zilverlexicon voor Nederland en BelgiëThe 'Zilverlexicon' is an encyclopedic reference with approximately 3.000 lemmas focused on silver from the Netherlands and Belgium. The lemmas describe objects, tools, hallmarks and styles. In alfabetical order this book comprehends numerous useful items about silver, but also the biographies of the most important Dutch and Belgian silversmiths, their marks and their guilds. The objects described have all a Dutch or Belgian origin and vary from common to museal.
Each page show drawings an pictures in black and white. These numerous pictures, drawings and hallmarks give the book an important visual value. The 32 pages in full-colour give extra cachet.
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Each lemma conclude with translations of the word in french, english and german. The last chapters of the book include a flatware-overview. a list of public Dutch and Belgian collections, a bibliography and a dictionary of silver-items in french, english and german.
This is the reference on Dutch silver for collectors, art-lovers and professionals.