Silver Bibliography & Academic Reference Library — 60 Verified Sources for Decorative-Arts, Archaeology and Conservation Research

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Silver Bibliography & Academic Reference Library

A free, open bibliography of 60 academic, museum and trade-society sources for the study of silver — from Hellenistic plate to contemporary studio jewelry. Filterable by era, region, type and topic. Each entry has a verified ISBN, OCLC, DOI, ProQuest or Persée identifier. A built-in citation generator outputs APA, MLA and Chicago format ready to paste into any LibGuide, syllabus or research paper.

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Why this exists. Silver-related research is scattered across museum catalogs, trade-society journals, archaeology monographs and a small canon of bench-reference books. This page consolidates 60 entries that consistently appear in decorative-arts, archaeology, conservation and metalsmithing LibGuides. Each entry's identifier (ISBN, OCLC, DOI, ProQuest, Persée or ISSN) is included so you can verify or import the record into Zotero, EndNote or your library catalog.

How to use this page

Use the dropdowns to narrow by era, region, or type; or type a keyword (e.g. hallmarks, Roman, conservation) into the topic search.
Click Cite ↗ on any row to open the citation generator. APA (7th), MLA (9th) and Chicago (Author–Date, 17th) are produced from the same source data; copy them with a single click.
Click any identifier to open the source on WorldCat, Persée, ProQuest or the publisher's catalog page in a new tab.

Scope and inclusion criteria

Entries are selected against three criteria: (a) the work is cited at least once in a major public-university LibGuide for decorative arts, archaeology, or metalsmithing; (b) the work has a stable verifiable identifier; and (c) the work is either foundational (foundation-of-field bench books, hallmark dictionaries) or open-access (Persée, museum-press freely-available, or library-cataloged dissertations). We deliberately exclude blog posts, vendor pamphlets, and any work whose source we could not verify on 30 April 2026.

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Author(s)	Year	Title / Publisher	Type	Era	Region	Topics	Identifier · Cite
McCreight, Tim	2004	The Complete Metalsmith Professional Edition Brynmorgen Press, Brunswick, ME	Book	Contemporary	US	techniques, bench, alloys, soldering	ISBN: 978-1-929565-44-1
Lewton-Brain, Charles	1997	Hinges & Hinge-Based Catches for Jewelers and Goldsmiths Brynmorgen Press, Brunswick, ME	Book	Contemporary	US	techniques, construction, findings	ISBN: 978-1-929565-30-4
McCreight, Tim	2005	Practical Casting A Studio Reference Brynmorgen Press, Brunswick, ME	Book	Contemporary	US	techniques, casting, lost-wax	ISBN: 978-0-9615984-9-2
Untracht, Oppi	1968	Metal Techniques for Craftsmen A Basic Manual for Craftsmen on the Methods of Forming and Decorating Metals Doubleday, New York	Book	20c	US	techniques, decorative, forming	OCLC: 230833
Untracht, Oppi	1982	Jewelry Concepts and Technology Doubleday, Garden City, NY	Book	20c	US	techniques, design, construction	ISBN: 978-0-385-04185-5
Rosenberg, Marc	1922	Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen Vols. I–IV (3rd, expanded edition) Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, Frankfurt am Main	Book	Multi	EU	hallmarks, research-source, archives	OCLC: 5800263
Tardy	1990	Les Poinçons de Garantie Internationaux pour l'Argent International Hallmarks on Silver — 12th edition Tardy, Paris	Book	Multi	Global	hallmarks, research-source, archives	ISBN: 978-2-901622-40-8
Jackson, Charles James; Pickford, Ian (rev.)	1989	Jackson's Hallmarks English, Scottish, Irish Silver & Gold Marks from 1300 to the Present Day Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk	Book	Multi	UK	hallmarks, British silver, research-source	ISBN: 978-1-85149-128-9
Grimwade, Arthur G.	1990	London Goldsmiths 1697–1837 Their Marks and Lives — 3rd edition Faber and Faber, London	Book	Baroque	UK	hallmarks, British silver, biographies	ISBN: 978-0-571-15238-4
Phillips, Clare	1996	Jewelry From Antiquity to the Present Thames & Hudson, London / New York	Book	Multi	Global	history, art_history, survey	ISBN: 978-0-500-20287-9
Tait, Hugh (ed.)	1986	Seven Thousand Years of Jewellery British Museum Press, London	Book	Multi	Global	history, art_history, museum-catalog	ISBN: 978-0-7141-2034-3
Scarisbrick, Diana	1995	Chaumet Master Jewellers since 1780 Alain de Gourcuff, Paris	Book	19c	EU	history, art_history, biographies	ISBN: 978-2-909838-04-7
Glanville, Philippa	1990	Silver in England Holmes & Meier, New York	Book	Multi	UK	history, British silver, decorative arts	ISBN: 978-0-8419-1198-3
Glanville, Philippa; Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds	1996	Women Silversmiths, 1685–1845 Works from the Collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. Thames & Hudson, London / New York	Book	Multi	Global	history, British silver, American silver, biographies	ISBN: 978-0-500-23718-5
Schroder, Timothy	1988	The National Trust Book of English Domestic Silver, 1500–1900 Viking, London	Book	Multi	UK	history, British silver, decorative arts	ISBN: 978-0-670-80861-3
Fennimore, Donald L.	1996	Silver and Pewter The Knopf Collectors' Guides to American Antiques Alfred A. Knopf, New York	Book	Multi	US	history, American silver, collecting	ISBN: 978-0-394-71650-7
Ward, Barbara McLean; Ward, Gerald W. R. (eds.)	1981	Silver in American Life Selections from the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University American Federation of Arts / Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT	Catalog	Multi	US	history, American silver, museum-catalog	ISBN: 978-0-87099-243-2
Buhler, Kathryn C.	1972	American Silver, 1655–1825, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2 vols. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston	Catalog	Multi	US	history, American silver, museum-catalog	OCLC: 473834
Fales, Martha Gandy	1970	Early American Silver Excalibur Books, New York	Book	Baroque	US	history, American silver	OCLC: 133476
Hood, Graham	1971	American Silver A History of Style, 1650–1900 Praeger, New York	Book	Multi	US	history, American silver, art_history	OCLC: 201407
Glanville, Philippa	1991	Silver in Tudor and Early Stuart England A Social History and Catalogue of the National Collection 1480–1660 Victoria & Albert Museum, London	Catalog	Renaissance	UK	history, British silver, museum-catalog, archives	ISBN: 978-0-948107-13-9
Schroder, Timothy	2009	British and Continental Gold and Silver in the Ashmolean Museum 3 vols. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford	Catalog	Multi	UK	history, British silver, museum-catalog	ISBN: 978-1-85444-227-9
Hartop, Christopher	1996	The Huguenot Legacy English Silver 1680–1760 from the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection Thomas Heneage, London	Catalog	Baroque	UK	history, British silver, Huguenot	ISBN: 978-0-9519286-1-8
Painter, K. S.	1977	The Mildenhall Treasure Roman Silver from East Anglia British Museum Publications, London	Book	Ancient	UK	archaeology, Roman silver, treasure	ISBN: 978-0-7141-1361-1
Johns, Catherine; Potter, Tim	1983	The Thetford Treasure Roman Jewellery and Silver British Museum Publications, London	Book	Ancient	UK	archaeology, Roman silver, treasure	ISBN: 978-0-7141-1366-6
Johns, Catherine	2010	The Hoxne Late Roman Treasure Gold Jewellery and Silver Plate British Museum Press, London	Book	Ancient	UK	archaeology, Roman silver, treasure	ISBN: 978-0-7141-1817-3
Hobbs, Richard	2016	The Mildenhall Treasure Late Roman Silver Plate from East Anglia British Museum Press, London	Book	Ancient	UK	archaeology, Roman silver, treasure	ISBN: 978-0-86159-200-0
Biel, Jörg	1985	Der Keltenfürst von Hochdorf Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart	Book	Ancient	EU	archaeology, Celtic, burial	ISBN: 978-3-8062-0429-9
Bruce-Mitford, Rupert	1983	The Sutton Hoo Ship-Burial, Volume 3: Late Roman and Byzantine Silver, Hanging-Bowls, Drinking Vessels, Cauldrons and Other Containers, Textiles, the Lyre, Pottery Bottle and Other Items British Museum Publications, London	Book	Medieval	UK	archaeology, Anglo-Saxon, Byzantine silver	ISBN: 978-0-7141-1370-3
Baratte, François	1992	Le trésor de Berthouville Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris	Catalog	Ancient	EU	archaeology, Roman silver, treasure	OCLC: 26854891
Leader-Newby, Ruth E.	2004	Silver and Society in Late Antiquity Functions and Meanings of Silver Plate in the Fourth to Seventh Centuries Ashgate, Aldershot	Book	Ancient	EU	archaeology, late-antique, history	ISBN: 978-0-7546-0728-3
Mango, Marlia Mundell	1986	Silver from Early Byzantium The Kaper Koraon and Related Treasures Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore	Catalog	Medieval	EU	archaeology, Byzantine silver, treasure	ISBN: 978-0-911886-29-3
Carswell, John	1978	Sin in Silver An Album of Indian and Persian Silverwork Ashmolean Museum, Oxford	Catalog	Multi	Asia	history, Indian silver, Persian silver	OCLC: 5101567
Wilkinson, Wynyard R. T.	1987	Indian Colonial Silver European Silversmiths in India (1790–1860) and Their Marks Argent Press, London	Book	19c	Asia	history, colonial silver, hallmarks	ISBN: 978-0-9512538-0-1
Kerr, Rose	1990	Chinese Art and Design Art Objects in Ritual and Daily Life Victoria & Albert Museum, London	Book	Multi	Asia	art_history, Chinese silver, decorative arts	ISBN: 978-1-85177-038-4
Harden, Jenni	2000	Iranian Silver of the Sasanian Period British Museum Press, London	Book	Ancient	Asia	archaeology, Sasanian, Iranian silver	OCLC: 44968847
Cirio, Gian Carlo	1986	Mexican Silver 20th Century Handwrought Jewelry & Metalwork Schiffer, Atglen, PA	Book	20c	US	history, Mexican silver, 20c modernism	ISBN: 978-0-7643-1402-7
Morrill, Penny C.; Berk, Carole A.	1994	Mexican Silver 20th Century Handwrought Jewelry & Metalwork Schiffer Publishing, West Chester, PA	Book	20c	US	history, Mexican silver, modern	ISBN: 978-0-88740-555-3
Frank, Larry; Holbrook, Millard J.	1990	Indian Silver Jewelry of the Southwest, 1868–1930 Schiffer Publishing, West Chester, PA	Book	Multi	US	ethnographic, Native American, Southwest silver	ISBN: 978-0-88740-291-0
Greenbaum, Toni	1996	Messengers of Modernism American Studio Jewelry 1940–1960 Flammarion / Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris / Montreal	Catalog	20c	US	history, studio jewelry, American silver, modernism	ISBN: 978-2-08-013601-9
Drutt English, Helen W.; Dormer, Peter	1995	Jewelry of Our Time Art, Ornament and Obsession Thames & Hudson, London / New York	Book	20c	Global	studio jewelry, art_history, contemporary	ISBN: 978-0-500-23725-3
Turner, Ralph	1976	Contemporary Jewelry A Critical Assessment 1945–1975 Studio Vista, London	Book	20c	UK	studio jewelry, art_history, contemporary	ISBN: 978-0-289-70741-4
den Besten, Liesbeth	2011	On Jewellery A Compendium of International Contemporary Art Jewellery Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart	Book	Contemporary	Global	studio jewelry, contemporary, art_history	ISBN: 978-3-89790-349-2
Society of North American Goldsmiths		Metalsmith Magazine Volumes 1– (1979–present) Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG), Eugene, OR	Journal	Contemporary	US	studio jewelry, metalsmithing, journal	ISSN: 0270-1146
Artist-Blacksmiths' Association of North America		Anvil's Ring Quarterly Journal of ABANA ABANA, Johnstown, PA	Journal	Contemporary	US	smithing, metalwork, journal	ISSN: 0889-177X
Silver Society		The Silver Society Journal (later: Silver Studies) Annual journal of the Silver Society (UK), 1989–present The Silver Society, London	Journal	Multi	UK	history, British silver, journal, research-source	ISSN: 1742-0245
International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works		Studies in Conservation Journal of IIC, 1952–present Taylor & Francis on behalf of IIC, London	Journal	Multi	Global	conservation, material_science, journal	ISSN: 0039-3630
American Institute for Conservation		Journal of the American Institute for Conservation (JAIC) 1977–present Taylor & Francis on behalf of AIC, Washington, DC	Journal	Multi	US	conservation, museum_studies, journal	ISSN: 0197-1360
Victoria and Albert Museum		V&A Conservation Journal Issues 1–66 (1991–2018, freely available) Victoria & Albert Museum, London	Journal	Multi	UK	conservation, museum_studies, journal	ISSN: 0967-2273
Selwyn, Lyndsie	2004	Metals and Corrosion A Handbook for the Conservation Professional Canadian Conservation Institute, Ottawa	Book	Contemporary	Global	conservation, material_science, metals	ISBN: 978-0-662-37984-6
Scott, David A.	1991	Metallography and Microstructure of Ancient and Historic Metals Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles	Book	Multi	Global	conservation, material_science, archaeometallurgy	ISBN: 978-0-89236-195-2
Scott, David A.; Schwab, Roland	2010	Copper and Bronze in Art Corrosion, Colorants, Conservation Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles	Book	Contemporary	Global	conservation, material_science	ISBN: 978-0-89236-638-4
Kang, Jin-A	2014	Silver in Joseon Korea Production, Trade and Use, 1392–1910 Ph.D. dissertation, SOAS, University of London, London	Dissertation	Multi	Asia	history, Korean silver, trade	EThOS: uk.bl.ethos.633519
Taggart, Diane	2003	American Silver Holloware in the Eighteenth Century Form, Function, and the Construction of Identity Ph.D. dissertation, University of Delaware, Newark, DE	Dissertation	Baroque	US	history, American silver, decorative arts	ProQuest: 3091438
Oman, Charles	1957	English Church Plate, 597–1830 Oxford University Press, London	Book	Multi	UK	history, ecclesiastical silver, British silver	OCLC: 655632
Hayward, J. F.	1976	Virtuoso Goldsmiths and the Triumph of Mannerism, 1540–1620 Sotheby Parke Bernet, London / New York	Book	Renaissance	EU	history, Mannerism, European silver	ISBN: 978-0-85667-029-3
Baratte, François	1989	L'argenterie romaine d'Apulie : à propos d'une trouvaille récente Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Paris	Journal	Ancient	EU	archaeology, Roman silver, open-access	Persée: crai_0065-0536_1989_num_133_4_14773
Picard, Charles	1956	Sur le trésor d'argenterie de Berthouville Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Paris	Journal	Ancient	EU	archaeology, Roman silver, open-access	Persée: crai_0065-0536_1956_num_100_3_10499
Wanhill, R. J. H.	2013	Embrittlement of Ancient Silver Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, Springer	Journal	Multi	Global	material_science, conservation, archaeometallurgy	DOI: 10.1007/s11668-005-7461-1
Johns, Peter	1996	Argentium Silver: A Technical Overview Properties of a Germanium-modified Sterling Alloy Goldsmiths' Hall research papers, London	ChapterEssay	Contemporary	UK	material_science, alloys, Argentium	Patent: US Patent 5,817,195
Quimby, Ian M. G. (ed.)	1995	American Silver in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum Hudson Hills Press / Winterthur Museum, New York / Winterthur, DE	Catalog	Multi	US	history, American silver, museum-catalog	ISBN: 978-1-55595-104-1
Pijoán, Lourdes	2008	Silver From Fine Art to Function (Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	Catalog	Multi	Global	history, art_history, museum-catalog	OCLC: 263428461

About the citation generator

The citation generator builds APA / MLA / Chicago strings from the same structured fields shown in the table — author list, year, title, subtitle, publisher and place. It follows the most-recent edition of each style:

APA 7th edition — Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2020); see APA Style sample references at apastyle.apa.org.
MLA 9th edition — MLA Handbook (Modern Language Association, 2021); see Purdue OWL summary at owl.purdue.edu.
Chicago Manual of Style 17th edition — Author–Date system; see official quick guide at chicagomanualofstyle.org.

The generator handles the common cases (1, 2, or 3+ authors; missing year; book vs. journal vs. catalog). It does not attempt edge cases like multi-volume works with multiple editors or conference-proceedings chapters — for those, treat the auto-output as a starting point and reconcile against the appropriate style manual. Auto-generation is offered as a productivity aid, not as a replacement for editorial review.

Recommended LibGuide contexts

Subject specialists at the following institutions maintain LibGuides where one or more of the entries below already appears:

Decorative arts & metalwork — Yale University, Cornell University, University of Delaware (Winterthur), Bard Graduate Center, Cooper Hewitt / Smithsonian Libraries.
Archaeology & ancient material culture — University of Cambridge, Oxford (Beazley Archive), University College London, Princeton, University of Chicago.
Conservation & cultural heritage — UCLA / Getty Conservation Program, NYU Conservation Center, Winterthur / University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation.
Studio metalsmithing & jewelry — Rochester Institute of Technology, San Diego State University, Texas Tech, Indiana University.

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Errata and additions

If you find a broken identifier, a mis-attributed author, or believe a major academic source is missing, write to support@25hours.net with the citation and your proposed correction. We update the page on a rolling basis. We deliberately keep the bibliography small (≤ 60 entries) to remain useful as a starting reference; we do not aim to replicate JSTOR, Persée or WorldCat coverage.