Four years in the making, the two-volume Miller’s Encyclopedia of World Silver Marks is the first international reference work for auction houses, collectors, dealers and apprasiers of antique silver. Compiled by a team of specialists, under the editorial supervision of Judith Miller and fellow Antiques Roadshow, silver specialist Duncan Campbell, the Encyclopedia allows the reader to reliably identify silver hallmarks with a straightforward navigation system.

Judith Miller

Duncan Campbell

Miller’s Encyclopedia of World Silver Marks is an invaluable source of reference for auction houses, collectors, academics and dealers – the only book that will enable you to confidently and reliably identify an unknown piece of silver from any country in the world by following the clues revealed by the marks it features.

Extract from the listing for Scottish hallmarks

Miller’s Guides / Woolley & Wallis - A Turkish silver beaker, by Abdulhamid II period, tapering circular form, niello decoration with musical instruments and foliate decoration, on a circular foot. 1876-1909, 4.5in (11.5cm) high.

Judith Miller began collecting in the 1960s while a student at Edinburgh University in Scotland. She has since extended and reinforced her knowledge of antiques through international research, becoming one of the world’s leading experts in the field. In 1979 she co-founded the international best-seller Miller’s Antiques Price Guide and has since written more than 100 books, which are held in high regard by collectors and dealers. Judith is an expert on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow, which is now in its 40th year, and has co-hosted the popular BBC series The House Detectives, ITV’s Antiques Trail, and Discovery’s It’s Your Bid. She is also a regular lecturer and contributor to numerous newspapers and magazines, including the Financial Times, the Daily Telegraph, Homes & Antiques and House & Garden. She has lectured extensively, including at the V&A in London and the Smithsonian in Washington.

Miller’s Guides / Lyon & Turnbull - A Regency silver ten-light ‘Huntly Testimonial’ candelabrum centrepiece, Paul Storr for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell, London, fully marked, and stamped with London signature of Rundell, Bridge and Rundell.

Duncan Campbell began his career in 1986, both at university and during an earlier career in corporate finance, spending every Saturday working for a well-known silver dealer in Portobello Road. Since 1993 he has built up a specialist silver business based in Bath, south-west England, focusing on the more unusual areas, such as early, foreign and colonial, ecclesiastical and rare silver.

Duncan has produced silver catalogues and research for a wide variety of private clients and also for institutions, including The Worshipful Company of Armourers and Braziers, The City of Nottingham Museum, The Baltic Exchange, Lloyd’s of London and The Bowes Museum. Since 2009 he has also been an expert on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow, one of his highlights having been the discovery of a silver spoon dating back to 1440.

Miller’s Guides / Lyon & Turnbull - A George II silver bullet teapot, by James Mitchell, Edinburgh, assay master Edward Lothian, of slightly compressed spherical bullet form, with semi-fluted scroll spout and S-scroll handle with acanthus leaf thumbpiece and reeded border.

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