The Encyclopedia of Early American Silversmiths and Their Marks with a concise Glossary of Terms: Revised and Edited by Rita R. Benson

Most of the information concerning the early workers of silver in this county is scattered among various catalogues of exhibitions or sales. Therefore, there is no place to which a collector or dealer can turn for concise data to identify a piece of silver or to understand its description.Both collectors and dealers will find the Encyclopedia of Early American Silversmiths an invaluable aid in the identification of American Silver.