Dyer, Walter A. (Walter Alden), 1878-1943 · New York : The Century Co. · leaf 271
o 1840, $1 to $5 an ounce.Plates and other flatware usually bring lower figures,while spoons are comparatively common. Eight-eenth-century spoons are worth $8 or $10, and nine-teenth-century spoons $2 to $3 apiece. With such values current, there is naturallya temptation to counterfeit old silver;… … CHAPTER X AMERICAN PEWTERERS AND BRASIERS PEWTER ware, of both American and foreignmanufacture, was very common in this coun-try from 1650 to 1800. In fact, it was inmore general use here, particularly in the rural sec-tions where the people could not afford much silver,than it was in England.…
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