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The SilverMine Guide to English Silver
When examining silver for the first time, the last thing one should do is look for a set of marks. A piece of silver should be identifiable by it's style and decoratioThe SilverMine Guide to English Silver
n as well as through hallmarks, which can be faked.
Most late 17th-century silver tends to be rather light in weight as the metal was in fairly short supply. The influx of Huguenot craftsmen had a great influence on the craft in the early 18th century with makers such as Pierre Harache and Paul de Lamerie adding their own distinctive styles.
Early 18th-century items are heavier and the form and surface are generally fairly plain. Increasing prosperity led to a greater degree of decoration, which passed through the exuberance of the rococo taste until the Neo-classical designs of the late 18th century made an appearance.
By the early part of the 19th century weight had become synonymous with quality and some very heavy pieces were produced. The Victorians tended to be fond of fussy services and over-decoration and were generally content to recycle familiar shapes with elaborate chasing, indeed many much earlier, plainer pieces were "chased up" by Victorian craftsmen to fit the taste of the time.
In the past, most people started their collections with an 18th or 19th-century coffee pot and a pair of candlesticks. These are now getting harder to find and consequently are relatively expensive. There is a broad range of smaller, readily available items that are more affordable, such as cream jugs, sugar bowls, salt cellars and teapots. There are many curious and interesting items - for example, stirrup cups and babies rattles and items that have a more useful function such as wine funnels, snuff boxes or thimbles which can form the basis of a collection. Silver can be collected according to makers or according to function, or thematically - for example, tea wares or smoking paraphernalia. The new collector should be particularly careful about buying single items that may originally have been part of a pair or set: these items are worth much less as a single piece.
英银银矿指南
当检查银的第一次，一个人应该做的最后一件事就是寻找一组标记。一块银应该是识别它的风格和decoratioThe的银矿指南英国银
n和通过的标志，它可以伪造。
17世纪后期银往往是相当重量轻的金属供应在相当短的。胡格诺派工匠的涌入工艺上有很大的影响，在18世纪初制造商，如皮埃尔·Harache和保罗·Lamerie加入自己的独特风格。
18世纪早期的物品较重，一般都是相当普通的形式和表面。日益繁荣，导致了更大程度的装修，通过繁荣的洛可可风格的味道，直到18世纪后期的新古典主义的设计的外观。
在19世纪的早期部分重量与品质的代名词，并成为一些非常重件。维多利亚时代的往往是喜欢挑剔的服务和过度装饰和一般内容，以回收熟悉的形状与精心制作的追逐，确实有很多要早得多，青白片“追了上去”维多利亚的工匠的时间，以适应味道。
在过去，大多数人开始了他们的集合与一个18或19世纪的咖啡壶和一对烛台。这些正在越来越难找到，因此是相对昂贵的。有一个广泛的范围更小，随手可得的项目，更多的实惠，如奶油壶，碗糖，盐酒窖和茶壶。有许多的好奇和有趣的项目 - 例如，马镫杯和婴儿摇铃和项目，有一个更为有用的功能，如酒漏斗，鼻烟壶或套管，它可以形成一个集合的基础上。可以根据功能按制造商或银，或主题 - 例如，茶具，烟具。新的收藏家购买的单品，可能原来已经一对或一组的一部分，应特别小心：这些物品的价值作为一个单件的要少得多。
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