Antique English Sterling Silver Broad Blade Fish Servers at Dining Table Service

Description

“Antique Silver Servers for the Dining Table.”
By Benton Seymour Rabinovitch.
Published in Concord by Joslin Hall in 1991.
A lavish and beautiful book with 400 crisp b&w photographs and a scholarly and readable text packed with information. It is the only study of broad-bladed silver servers used for fish and other foods in the 18th and 19th centuries. Also included is related material on food serving customs and their evolution, place settings, related articles, etc. The focus is on English examples, with American and European pieces also illustrated.
Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 291 pages, 400 black & white illustrations, dust jacket. Fine and clean.
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Stock #42510
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