A&C RESEARCH SITES

1910 Metal

Some of the best Arts & Crafts information on the Web

1910metal.com

A History of 20th Century Jewelry

Wonderful article with great photos and text

mschon.com/jewelryhistory.html

Albert Berry

Excellent site on this under-appreciated artist

geocities.com/gonejunkin/albertberry.html

All About Jewels:

Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry

One of the best dictionaries of jewelry-related terms on the Web, with great illustrations and layout.  Excellent site.

enchantedlearning.com/jewel/

All-[Frank Lloyd] Wright Site

Good starting point for information about Wright

geocities.com/SoHo/1469/flw.html

American Art Pottery Association

The place to go for info about pottery

aapa.info

American Bungalow Magazine

A fine magazine about "and restoring the modest American 20th century home"

ambungalow.com/AmBungalow

Antiques Roadshow

Great glossaries, lists of appraisers, info about each show, etc. -- overall a valuable resource but a little light on A&C

pbs.org/wgbh/pages/roadshow/index.html

Archibald Knox Society

Excellent source of Knox information with great examples and many interesting features

archibaldknoxsociety.com

Art Institute of Chicago

Wonderful place, but the site is a bit hard to navigate

artic.edu/aic

Arthur Lasenby Liberty and Archibald Knox

The Liberty Style

Excellent Liberty and Knox info

morganstricklandantiques.com/articles/articles1.html

Arts & Crafts Homes and the Revival Magazine

Super Arts & Crafts resource -- a wonderful periodical

artsandcraftshomes.com

Arts & Crafts Movement

Fantastic resource of the worldwide A&C movement with write-ups on Bauer, Burne-Jones, Crane, De Morgan, Eastlake, Fulper/Stangl, Greene & Greene,  Grueby, Hubbard, Knox, Mackintosh, Morris, Newcomb College, Pugin,  Rookwood, Rossetti, Roycroft, Ruskin, Stickley, Teco, Tiffany,  Van Briggle, Van Erp, Voysey, Wright

anc.gray-cells.com/Intro.html

Bidnapper

The most reliable eBay bid sniper I've found.  Easy, reliable, works well, good customer service.

bidnapper.com

British Silver Marks -- Silver Mine

Great UK marks site

freespace.virgin.net/a.data/frames/index.htm

Center for Jewelry Studies

Fine jewelry site run by leading expert Christie Romero

center4jewelrystudies.org

Cheltenham Arts & Crafts Museum

Good UK museum site from the birthplace of the A&C movement

artsandcraftsmuseum.org.uk

The Collectors Weekly

Fascinating site covering web-based collections.  [Disclosure -- Chicagosilver is in The Collectors Weekly Hall of Fame, right between a scripophily site and one specializing in cigar bands]

collectorsweekly.com

Copper & Brass Work In The Arts & Crafts Guilds And Schools

Absolutely super info on UK A&C -- the Guild of Handicraft, Newlyn, Keswick, Birmingham Guild Of Handicraft, The Artificers' Guild, The Bromsgrove Guild, Yattendon, Cripples Guild, Hayle, and others

morganstricklandantiques.com/articles/articles2.html

Elbert Hubbard Page

Nice site on this important but strange figure

bigeye.com/elberth.htm

Enamelist Society

Good starting point for information about enamelwork

enamelistsociety.org

Felhandler/Steeneken Architects Links to the Aesthetic Movement

Top art and architecture site with loads of information and photos on the Prairie School, the Aesthetic Movement, A&C, Wiener Werkstätte, metalwork, pottery, woodcuts, landscape, and much more -- with emphasis on architecture

fswarchitects.com/links.html

Founders Of The Arts & Crafts Movement

Great site with info and links on William Morris and his contemporaries

burrows.com/found.html

Fulper Pottery VaseKraft Lamp Gallery

Amazing collection of lamps made at the Fulper Pottery of Flemington, New Jersey circa 1915

fulper.net

Head Hand & Heart -- The Arts & Crafts Movement in Great Britain 1850-1915  

Excellent source for info on Handicraft Guilds, the Cotswold School, Glasgow, Shapland & Petter, Newlyn, Women in Arts & Crafts, Augustus Pugin and the Gothic Revival, William Morris and the Medieval Revival, and early A&C philosophy

artscrafts.org.uk/index.html

Illusion Jewels

An interesting site with lots of marks and vintage ads, mostly for costume jewelry.

illusionjewels.com/costumejewelrymarks.html

Illustrated Jewelry Dictionary

Not the biggest, but very handy, and well done. 

allaboutjewels.com/jewel/glossary

Imperial Half Bushel

Stieff 'Rose' and Kirk 'Repoussé' 1910 catalogs online and general info on Baltimore and Maryland silver

imperialhalfbushel.com

Maine Antique Digest

Great resource on this well-respected periodical

maineantiquedigest.com

Modern Silver Magazine

Excellent site with a highly-regarded forum, list of mystery silver marks, and resources from the magazine

modernsilver.com

Morning Glory Antiques & Jewelry -- Marks

Lots of jewelry marks, with good photos

morninggloryantiques.com/JewelChatMarks.html

Musings of a Metalsmith

Fred Zweig's remarkable site specializing in forging, raising and repousse/chasing handwrought metal, with superb examples of work by Fred and other top makers.

fredz49.blogspot.com

On-Line Arts & Crafts Movement Resource Directory

One of the biggest and oldest lists of A&C links, some of which unfortunately aren't around anymore

ragtime.org/Ragtime_Resources.html

Online Encyclopedia of Silver Marks, Hallmarks & Maker's Marks

Another wonderful silver mark site with tons of info and pictures

925-1000.com

Potter and Mellen

History of Cleveland's Horace Ephraim Potter and the Potter Studio

pottermellen.com/content/about.aspx

Roycroft Copper Online Price Guide

The best Roycroft metal information source anywhere, and one of the nicest A&C sites

roycroftcopper.com

Roycroft Links

A long list of links on Hubbard and Roycroft

hricik.com/Roycroft/roycroftlinks.html

Silver Care

Great tips and information about cleaning and preserving silver from expert Jeffrey Herman

silversmithing.com/silver/care.htm

Silver Magazine

A summary of contents from this excellent silver magazine, with a few articles

silvermag.com

Silver Season

A wonderful site with silver patterns, old ads, articles, and other resources about silver.

silverseason.com

Society of American Silversmiths

Everything you need to know about silversmithing -- with vast links and resources

silversmithing.com

Spratling Silver.com

Comprehensive site on Spratling with tons of info and photos

spratlingsilver.com

Style 1900 Magazine

David Rago's great and beautiful magazine about A&C

style1900.com

The Arts & Crafts Antique Gallery

Small section on metalware marks

webteek.com/marks-metalware

The Arts and Crafts Society

Well-known site with great links, a forum, etc.

arts-crafts.com

The Gamble House

Amazing Greene & Greene house in Pasadena built as as a retirement home for a Procter and Gamble heir

gamblehouse.org

The Oldcopper Website

Excellent resource for objects made of copper (especially British), including marks, manufacturing techniques, and glossary

oldcopper.org

The Online Encyclopedia of American Silver Marks

Another fantastic index of silver marks

silvercollecting.com

The Roycrofters

Wealth of info on Hubbard and his East Aurora, NY handicraft community, including a comprehensive bibliography, the very quirky Roycroft Dictionary, and more

roycrofter.com

The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms

Good info on the New Jersey home of Gustav Stickley

stickleymuseum.org

Unified Vision -- the Prairie School. collection at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Great resource on the Prairie School by  the excellent Minneapolis Institute of Arts

artsmia.org/unified-vision

William Morris Society

More good Morris information

morrissociety.org