Silver

P. Glanville

• 02 april 1997
• 9781851771721

Samenvatting:

''...one can unreservedly recommend the book as a first introduction to the work of antique and modern silversmiths.''nJessie McNab, ApollonnA lively social history of silver from the Middle Ages to the present day, drawing on a wealth of visual sources. Special features show silver in many different contexts: from laying the table, drinking customs and rituals, to techniques of making and embellishing silver, how to recognise fakes and forgeries as well as practicalities such as care and cleaning.