Bruitsman, Arno: Het Haarlemse Zilversmidsgilde en de Zaanstreek (1500 - 1800). Met een overzicht van merken, stadskeuren en Zaanse zilverwerken. 2025. 196 pages, fully illustrated. Hardback. 24 x 17cms. Essential handbook for identifying silver objects from Haarlem and the Zaan region. Combining archival research with analysis of master marks, date letters, and the stylistic characteristics of specific silversmiths. Discussing the assaying process, the guild's rules, and how Zaan silversmiths had their work assayed in Haarlem. Including an index of Zaanse masters with biographies and images of their work. Text in Dutch.
Essential handbook for identifying silver objects from Haarlem and the Zaan region. Combining archival research with analysis of master marks, date letters, and the stylistic characteristics of specific silversmiths. Discussing the assaying process, the guild's rules, and how Zaan silversmiths had their work assayed in Haarlem. Including an index of Zaanse masters with biographies and images of their work. Text in Dutch