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ahwt Posts: 2334 Registered: Mar 2003	posted 05-13-2015 07:45 PM [26-2520] I recently read The Goldfinch my Donna Tartt and if you are interested in works of fiction that bring into the story line the antique world you may enjoy this book. It was not a page turner for me, but the author must have friends as antique dealers as her observations about this world of commerce are very interesting and sometimes intriguing. I must say that this book is not about silver and for that reason I am somewhat reluctant to post this. Goodreads has more information about it if you are interested. I wonder if anyone can recommend a work of fiction that does bring in silver as part of the story line. IP: Logged
agphile Posts: 798 Registered: Apr 2008	posted 05-14-2015 04:18 AM The Silversmith’s Wife by Sophia Tobin might fit the bill; I don’t know whether it is available in the USA as well as the UK.The author knows about silver. I met her briefly last year when visiting Goldsmith’s Hall where she was library administrator. IP: Logged
ahwt Posts: 2334 Registered: Mar 2003	posted 05-14-2015 09:18 AM Thanks agphile for the tip - it is available in the U.S. and received good reviews. I will order it. IP: Logged
Polly Posts: 1970 Registered: Nov 2004	posted 05-14-2015 01:51 PM I put a few silversmiths' tools in one of my novels, after carefully consulting our own silversmith agleopar (Rob Butler)--does that count? I write novels for children. One series (for kids ages 10 and up) is about a lending library of objects. Hidden away in the basement are special collections of objects from fairy tales, science fiction, and supernatural fiction, such as seven-league boots, a time machine, haunted mirrors, etc. These books aren't specifically about silver, but there are tons of antiques in them, and silver does turn up from time to time. I'm pretty sure this is the one with the silversmiths' tools: The heroine's parents are antique dealers in this one: Also, there are plenty of antiques in SMP member Ulysses Dietz's vampire novel: IP: Logged
Polly Posts: 1970 Registered: Nov 2004	posted 05-14-2015 01:55 PM And of course there's the Newbery prizewinning classic Johnny Tremain, about an apprentice silversmith in Revolutionary Boston. Paul Revere gives Johnny good advice. IP: Logged
doc Posts: 728 Registered: Jul 2003	posted 05-14-2015 09:22 PM Polly: I have always wondered what books you write, so thank you for sharing! I cannot wait until my granddaughter is a bit older; I will definitely get them for her. And I had no idea that Ulysses' multiple talents include murder mysteries!! IP: Logged
ahwt Posts: 2334 Registered: Mar 2003	posted 05-14-2015 11:13 PM Thanks Polly, I will also look for these books for my grandchildren. IP: Logged
Polly Posts: 1970 Registered: Nov 2004	posted 05-15-2015 12:22 AM You guys are very sweet! IP: Logged
asheland Posts: 935 Registered: Nov 2003	posted 05-15-2015 12:09 PM Polly, that's really interesting to hear that you wrote all of those books! IP: Logged
teasetz Posts: 56 Registered: Jun 2015	posted 06-21-2015 11:28 PM Speaking of children's books, I remember a book I read when I was very young about a girl and her family fleeing from British soldiers in Colonial New England. One scene had a soldier discovering the girl was carrying some of her family's silver spoons. The soldier, instead of confiscating them, wrapped them in flannel to look like a doll and told the girl to hold onto them. I think that's the reason I've always wanted a set of silver spoons! I just googled it: Six Silver Spoons by Janette Sebring Lowrey. IP: Logged
adelapt Posts: 418 Registered: May 2003	posted 01-13-2016 02:26 AM If you're interested in a somewhat breathless novel about a Hester Bateman teapot, look for "Totters Teapot" by Gordon Savage (1984), ISBN 0-903852-62-4. IP: Logged

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