The Price Guide to Victorian Silver by Ian Harris

The Price Guide to Victorian Silver by Ian Harris is a substantial specialist reference devoted to the wide variety of silver produced during the Victorian period. Published by The Antique Collectors’ Club in 1971, this illustrated volume was created for collectors, dealers and enthusiasts seeking to develop a better understanding of nineteenth-century British silver and the many forms in which it was produced.

Price Guide to Victorian Silver covers an extensive range of Victorian silverware, including tea and coffee services, claret and wine jugs, ewers, candlesticks, trays and waiters, vegetable and entrée dishes, tureens, sauceboats, condiment sets, bowls, centrepieces and presentation cups. Smaller collectables such as snuff boxes, vinaigrettes, card cases and inkstands are also represented, together with decorative objects and examples of later Victorian and Art Nouveau silver.

Although the monetary values quoted in a 1971 price guide are naturally of historical interest today, the real enduring value of this volume lies in its extensive illustrations and its usefulness for identifying forms, styles and types of Victorian silver. Price Guide to Victorian Silver provides collectors with a visual reference against which unfamiliar pieces can be compared and is particularly useful for those developing an eye for period silver.

Condition – Very Good

Very good 1971 hardcover with dust jacket. The dust jacket is sunned along the spine with general edge wear and is adhered to the inner covers. The book itself remains very well preserved.