The Plate Collector S Guide Arranged From Cripp S Old English Plate

Excerpt from The Plate Collector's Guide: Arranged From Cripps's "Old English Plate" It is by the desire of many interested in "Old English Plate" that the present abbreviation of the admirable work by the late Mr. W. J. Cripps, C.B., is published. Since its first appearance in 1878, Old English Plate has passed through no less than nine editions; and although during that time other writers have added interesting details to those already known on English silver, nothing has been discovered that affects the structure and fundamental principles of Mr. Cripps's work. The present handbook contains in a condensed form those portions of Old English Plate necessary to a reader wishing to acquire a general knowledge on the subject, additions being made in certain sections that may be of interest to the collector. The abbreviations and omissions are principally confined to historical and technical details that are impossible to compress into a book of this size; therefore, for extended information on these points, a reference to the larger work will be desirable. Examples and their descriptions that do not distinctly mark evolution, and the chapter dealing with ecclesiastical plate, have been excluded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.