South Carolina silversmiths, 1690-1860, by E. Milby Burton ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burton, E. Milby.

Series:

Contributions from the Charleston Museum ; x.

Contributions from the Charleston Museum. x

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Silverwork--South Carolina.

Silverwork.

South Carolina.

Physical Description:

4 preliminary leaves, [vii]-xvii, 311 pages frontispiece, illustrations, plates, portraits, facsimiles, diagram 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Charleston, S.C., Charleston Museum, 1942.

Summary:

In view of all the things that could happen to silver in that long period, it is remarkable, if not phenomenal, that any silver of local origin is still in existence. As a matter of fact, only a few pieces of seventeenth century English silver, and none of South Carolina during that period, have thus far been found in South Carolina. The names of the silversmiths and jewellers are themselves not easy to recover. No doubt a great number of them will be overlooked in this work. Many of the men were of a restless disposition and could almost be spoken of as itinerant. Since they did not stay long enough in any one place to acquire property, and since there were but few newspapers in which they might have advertised, the modern investigator can have little hope of identifying them all, much less of tracing them in isolated journals or diaries where some of their careers may be recorded. -- Introduction.

Contents:

Abbeville silversmiths

Anderson silversmiths

Beaufort silversmiths

Bennettsville silversmiths

Camden silversmiths

Charleston silversmiths

Negro silversmiths: Charleston

Cheraw silversmiths

Chester silversmiths

Columbia silversmiths

Edgefield silversmiths

Georgetown silversmiths

Greenville silversmiths

Laurens silversmiths

Newberry silversmiths

Orangeburg silversmiths

Pendleton silversmiths

Spartanburg silversmiths

Sumter silversmiths

Walhalla silversmiths

Winnsboro silversmiths

York silversmiths

Table of initials of South Carolina silversmiths.

Notes:

"Works consulted": pages 291-302

OCLC:

1071829