Old plate, ecclesiastical, decorative, and domestic; its makers and marks
A survey of antique silver plate, covering ecclesiastical, decorative and domestic pieces and their makers' marks, written by J. H. Buck and published in New York by the Gorham Manufacturing Company in 1888. Its engraved plates show individual objects in outline, with the pieces drawn whole and shown in profile against plain backgrounds. A designer could take from them the silhouettes of vessels and candlesticks, with their tiered lids, fluted columns, acanthus-scrolled handles and cast ornament.
