Books, Publications & Auction Catalogues
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anon (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1974) Book: 120pp with over 350 photos
American Pewter - Garvan & other Collections at Yale £5 [$8]
RF Michaelis (G. Bell & Sons, London, 1955) Book: 158pp with 40 plates
American Pewter £5 [$8]
JB Kerfoot (Crown Publishers, NY 1924) Book: 236pp, 500 illustrations
An American Pewter Collection £48 [$80]
D Moulson & A Neish (Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, 1997) Booklet: 72pp, 46 photos
RF Michaelis (G. Bell & Sons, London 1955) Book: 158pp, 40 plates
Tony Curtis (Lyle 1978) Book: 128pp, line drawings
A Short History of the Worshipful Company of Pewterers of London & A Catalogue of Pewterware in its Possession £16 [$26]
Ronald F Michaelis & Richard Mundey (WCOP 1968) Book: 103pp, 72 photos
anon (HMSO 1960) Booklet: 32pp, 28 plates
Chats on Old Pewter £2 [$3]
HJLJ Masse Fisher (Unwin, London) Book: 422pp, 91 illustrations
Communion Tokens of the United States of America £27 [$45]
Autence A. Bason - new copy
Radway Jackson & RF Michaelis (Foulsham & Co., London 1970) Booklet: 128pp
DW Hall (Pewter Society 1995) Booklet: 76pp. Signed by author
Carl Ricketts & John Douglas (Devon 1996) New copy of this reference book covering the history of measures, their verification, organisations and their marks from all periods, and detailed information about capacity standards. 267pp
W Redman (The Author, 1903) Book: 84pp, 38 photos
Shirley Charron (David & Charles 1973) Book: 143pp, over 250 figures
HH Cotterell et al (Pyne Press, Princeton 1972) Book
Howard H Cotterell (Tuttle 1974) In 'as new' condition: 452pp
Malcolm Bell (London 1913) Book: 186pp, 106 plates
Charles Hull (Shire Publications 1992) Booklet: 32pp, 60 photos
CA Peal (Gifford, London 1983) Book: 248pp, 203 photos
odd copies available
(most issues available)
John Bedford (Cassell 1965) Book: 64pp, 42 illustrations
PRG Hornsby et al (The Museum of London 1989) Booklet: 112pp
RF Homer & S Shemmell (Pewter Soc & Mus of London 1983) Booklet: 24pp, 50 photos
Carl Ricketts (Pewter Society 2001) The definitive reference for those interested in London pewterers, and their businesses. Published as a hardback limited edition of 200 copies, and quickly sold out. These rarely come on the market. 240pp
A Holding & D Moulson (Wyre Forest D.C. 1994) Booklet: 24pp, 22 figures.
RF Homer & DW Hall (Phillimore & Co., London, 1985) Book: 157pp with 41 photos
The American Pewterer His Techniques & His Products £10 [$15]
Henry Kauffman - new
AV Sutherland-Graeme et al (Pewter Society 2000) Booklet: 48pp
CA Markham (Reeves & Turner, London, 1909) Book: 355pp with over 120 plates
The Richard Neate Touchplate, and two others [with bonus of original photograph of the Neate plate by P. Hooper] £8 [$13]
(Pewter Society 1996) Booklet: 36pp
The Stanley E Thomas Collection of Pewter in the Museum of North Devon, Barnstable £4 [$6]
RF Homer (Pewter Society 1993) Booklet: 40pp, photos of 70 items
revised JT Graham (Shire Publications No. 44, 1987 edition) Booklet: 32pp
Pewter from KW Bradshaw collection Sothebys 13 Jun 1977 £17 [$27]
British & Continental Pewter Sothebys 15 Mar 1979 £4 [$6]
British & Continental Pewter Sothebys 11 Jun 1979 £4 [$6]
Fine British Pewter Sothebys 28 Mar 1980 £10 [$15]
Pewter from CA Peal collection Sothebys 13 Nov 1980 SOLD
British Pewter & Metalwork Sothebys 6 Oct 1981 SOLD
Good European Pewter Sothebys 12 Oct 1983 £4 [$6]
Good European Pewter Sothebys 17 May 1984 £4 [$6]
English & European Pewter & Metalwork Sothebys 31 Oct 1985 £4 [$6]
Bonhams auction 25 October 2008 on the premises inc 154 pewter lots
The Charles V Swain Collection of Pewter £16 [$25]
Northeast Auctions, Manchester NH Feb 24, May 19 & Aug 3 2007
Phillips, Chester 20 Oct 1998 Catalogue: 180 pewter lots - photos of 107
Bonhams, Chester 15 October 2008
American & English Pewter at the Yale University Art Gallery - A Supplementary Checklist SOLD
David Barquist (Yale University Art Gallery 1985) Booklet: 80pp, 112 photos inc 60 marks
British Pewter SOLD
RF Michaelis (Ward Lock & Co., London 1969) Book: 96pp, 82 photos
Communion Tokens of the World SOLD
Lester M Burzinski. 580 pages of reference material and good photographs of communion tokens.
Englefields: Two Centuries of Pewtering in London SOLD
EA Englefield (W.C.O.P. 1997) Booklet: 82pp
Exhibition of British Pewterware through the Ages SOLD
CA Peal (Reading Museum 1969) Booklet: 60pp, photos of 68 exhibits
History of the Pewterers' Company (2 Vols inc Appendix) SOLD
Charles Welch (Blades, East & Blades, Lond reprint) Books: 301 + 294pp
More Pewter Marks + copy of Addenda to MPM SOLD
CA Peal (The Author, 1976 & 1977) Book & Booklet: 117+ 33pp
Old Pewter Brass Copper & Sheffield Plate SOLD
Hudson N Moore (Garden City Pub. Co. 1933) Book: 229pp, 105 illustrations
Pewter Church Plate Pt III SOLD
AV Sutherland-Graeme (Connoisseur Oct 1950) Article: 3pp, 10 plates
Pewter in the 18th Century SOLD
CA Peal (Antique Dealer & Collectors' Guide Mar 1977) Article: cover photo + 5pp, 9 photos
Pewter Marks of the World SOLD
Dagmar Stara (Hamlyn 1977) Book: 260pp, 1960 marks
Pewter of the Western World - new SOLD
Peter Hornsby
Pewterware with Royal Associations - Pewterers' Hall Exhibition SOLD
anon (W.C.O.P. 1974) Booklet: 16pp, 10 photos
Phaidon Guide to Pewter SOLD
Vanessa Brett (Phaidon, Oxford 1981) Book: 256pp, many photos & drawings
Rule Britannia SOLD
CA Peal (Antique Dealer & Collectors' Guide Jan 1975) Article: 5pp, 10 photos
Scottish Pewter-ware & Pewterers SOLD
L Ingleby Wood (Morton, Edinburgh 1907) Book: 225pp, 35 illustrations
Some Pewter Plates SOLD
AV Sutherland-Graeme (Connoisseur Dec 1941) Article: 5pp, 10 plates
The Arthur Negus Guide to British Pewter, Copper & Brass SOLD
PRG Hornsby (Hamlyn, London 1981) Book: 176pp, 140 photos
The Country Life Collector's Pocket Book SOLD
GB Hughes (Country Life, London 1966) Book: 351pp, 21 on pewter
The Oak Sale inc Pewter SOLD
Bonhams, Chester 12 Sep 2003 Catalogue: 182 pewter lots - photos of 98
The Oak Sale inc Pewter SOLD
Bonhams, Chester 17 Jan 2003 Catalogue: 122 pewter lots - photos of 26
The Oak Sale inc Pewter SOLD
Bonhams, Chester 8 Sep 2005 Catalogue: 135 pewter lots - photos of 81
The Oak Sale inc Pewter SOLD
Phillips, Chester 4 May 2001 Catalogue: 135 pewter lots - photos of 44
The Pewter Collector: A Guide to British Pewter with some reference to Foreign Work SOLD
HJLJ Masse, revised by RF Michaelis (Barrie & Jenkins, London 1971) Book: 280pp, 16 plates & drawings of all London marks
The Stanley Shemmell Pewter Collection SOLD
Bonhams, Chester 26 Oct 2006 Catalogue: 308 pewter lots - photos of 291
The Worshipful Company of Pewterers of London
Supplementary Catalogue of Pewterware 1979 SOLD
CJ Johnson & R Mundey (WCOP 1979) Book: 132pp, 260 photos of items & marks
Types of Irish Pewter SOLD
David Hall new