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Antique American Silver Styles POST RENAISSANCE (1650-1690) When the first silversmiths crossed the ocean around 1650 they took the style of the late Renaissance with them from Europe. People such as John Hull and Robert Sanderson were immigrants from England and started making in the English style until the Puritans stuck a spoke in the wheel. Silver destined for Protestant homes and churches needed to be simple and practical. A puritanical hybrid style arose that blended simplicity with post Renaissance that retained as much of the Renaissance as possible. EARLY BAROQUE (1690-1720) Early Baroque is a heavy style with large proportions, solid arched forms, with florid three dimensional details. The Dutchman Jurian Blanck of New York was one of the first to experiment with Baroque. Jeremiah Dummer of ...

Antique American Glass The Native Americans had not made glass before the Spanish conquered Mexico and established a glassworks there. The ingredients of sand, lime, and soda were present in abundance. The native Americans did make arrow heads and amulets of quartz and obsidian. The first colonists discovered that the native people liked to use coloured glass beads for their wampum or necklaces. Wampum were made of beads, stones, and shells which were also used as a form of currency. The first efforts to make glass in the colonies was therefore directed at making coloured glass beads. The first group of professional glassblowers consisted of eight Dutch and Polish settlers who were invited by the businessman John Smith to carry on their trade in Jamestown, Virginia ...

Antique American Silver Silver Many European were drawn to America by tales of gold and silver mines. These mines were in South America and most immigrants who sought gold in North America were disappointed. Many gold and silversmiths made the journey to America in certainty that there would be a ready supply of their raw materials. Silverware was popular in Europe because it offered better protection against theft than silver coins because the owner's name could be engraved on the piece which also bore the maker's mark. Because silversmiths received coins from their customers they took on a function similar to that of a bank and therefore needed the trust of their clients. Although there was less silver than anticipated in the New ...

American Antique Chairs Chairs Chairs are often the most characteristic example of a given style era and therefore further space is devoted to them here than other pieces of furniture. Furthermore so many chairs have been made that more have survived than other antiques. Few seats were made with backs before the middle of the seventeenth century. Most people sat on stools, benches, or chests. The few chairs with backs and armrests were much like a throne. Often these chairs had a raised knob on the end of the armrest which helped give the person seated in it additional authority and power. Only the head of the household and very important guests were allowed to sit in such a chair. Of the three principal ...

American Antiques: American Antiques Styles and Periods American antiques Those who decide to collect American antiques need to consider a number of points. Will they only collect pieces from the United States or does the interest include the rest of North America, including native American, Mexican, and Spanish objects. This chapter deals with antiques that originated in the United States and have a western cultural background. These are objects from what is now the USA belonging to immigrants and their descendants of between 1620 and 1900. The objects must have been made after Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. Canadian and imported antiques are not included and the same is true of pieces of native American origin. The majority of America styles bear a ...