Catalogue of Silver in the Grosvenor Museum, Chester

Catalogue of Silver in the Grosvenor Museum, Chester

Author: P. J. Boughton

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13:

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The Grosvenor Museumâe(tm)s silver has been described by Country Life as âe~one of the countryâe(tm)s finest collectionsâe(tm). Its greatest strength is Chester hallmarked, between c.1570 and 1992, spanning a wide range of uses. After the collectionâe(tm)s growth is set in the historical context of the developing scholarship of the subject, each piece is illustrated, described in detail and with a full background of the design evolution, its maker and ownership. An essential work of reference for all collectors and a rich source for students of the decorative arts and history of silver.


Directory of Museums, Galleries and Buildings of Historic Interest in the UK

Directory of Museums, Galleries and Buildings of Historic Interest in the UK

Author: Keith W. Reynard

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-03-01

Total Pages: 3653

ISBN-13: 1135475458

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This unique and important directory incorporates some 3,200 entries. It covers all types and sizes of museums; galleries of paintings, sculpture and photography; and buildings and sites of particular historic interest. It also provides an extensive index listing over 3,200 subjects. The directory covers national collections and major buildings, but also the more unusual, less well-known and local exhibits and sites. The Directory of Museums, Galleries and Buildings of Historic Interest in the United Kingdom is an indispensable reference source for any library, an ideal companion for researcher and enthusiast alike, and an essential purchase for anyone with an interest in the cultural and historical collections of the UK. Features include: * Alphabetically listed entries, which are also indexed by subject for ease of reference * Entries include the name and address of the organization, telephone and fax numbers, email and internet addresses, a point of contact, times of opening and facilities for visitors * A breakdown of the collections held by each organization, giving a broad overview of the main collection as a whole * Details of special collections are provided and include the period covered as well as the number of items held.


Silver in England

Silver in England

Author: Philippa Glanville

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 391

ISBN-13: 1136611630

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First Published in 2005. Silver is unique among the decorative arts in that its raw material is both inherently valuable and infinitely reusable. Its ownership has been a social bench-mark and its form has exercised the skills of sculptors, designers, chasers and engravers, but ultimately it could be, and normally was, melted down and refashioned quite without sentiment. Because of this constant recycling, the survival of any individual object is quite random and unrelated to its uniqueness or otherwise in its period. Hitherto plate historians have focused on individual objects almost to the exclusion of the context - social or economic - from which they came but now that context is seen as crucial in understanding historic plate. So in the first section of this book each chapter considers contemporary attitudes and usage.


Museums Journal

Museums Journal

Author: Elijah Howarth

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 766

ISBN-13:

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"Indexes to papers read before the Museums Association, 1890-1909. Comp. by Charles Madeley": v. 9, p. 427-452.