This catalogue displays the magnificent Schroder collection of Renaissance Silver, which was formed between 1870 and 1930 and includes outstanding historic objects from England, Germany, Italy and elsewhere. Intended as works of art, many incorporate rare or exotic materials, and their complex designs and dense programs of ornament reflect the intellectual pre-occupations of the 16th century mind.

Renaissance Silver from the Schroder Collection (Wallace Collection)

Arts & Photography

Lambert, Deborah

Schroder, Timothy

History & Criticism

Paul Holberton Publishing

The catalogue of an exhibition on tour from November 1983 to June 1986. 94 objects (79 in the exhibition and 15 in the appendix) are described and illustrated of which 23 are in color.

The Art Of The European Goldsmith: Silver From The Schroder Collection

American Federation of Arts

The twelve silver-gilt cups known as the Aldobrandini Tazze–magnificent examples of 16th-century European goldsmithing in size, design, and quality of execution – feature figures and scenes from Roman historian Suetonius’s classic work The Twelve Caesars, all rendered in minute, intricate relief. Dispersed in the 1860s, the tazze were reunited in 2014 for the first time since the 19th century, each piece newly photographed to highlight the dazzling detail and show the works as they were originally made. The accompanying essays, written by a team of scholars from around the world, explore the persistent questions that swirl around these unique silver dishes, including where, when, and for whom they were originally made, what they were used for, and why the set was separated and scattered.

The Silver Caesars: A Renaissance Mystery

Salomon, Xavier F.

BEARD, Mary

BIMBENET-PRIVAT, MICHÈLE

Koeppe, Wolfram

Alcorn, Ellenor

Siemon, Julia

Walker, Stefanie

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Henry VIII amassed the most spectacular collection of gold and silver of any British monarch. Plate and jewels were hugely prominent in medieval and Renaissance courts and played an essential role in dynastic marriages and diplomacy as well as in cementing the bonds between king and court. Ranging from plain domestic wares to extraordinary bejewelled works of art, Henry's collection embraced virtuoso continental objects as well as vast quantities of plate commissioned from London goldsmiths or inherited from his father. But nearly all of these holdings were destroyed over the following century, and of the thousands that he owned no more than a handful have survived to modern times. This book makes use of the wealth of surviving documentation - inventories, drawings, lists of payments, dispatches by foreign ambassadors and other records - to explore this lost collection and the light it sheds on the monarchy. Starting with an assessment of the young king's inheritance from his father, the book considers the role of plate at state banquets, in great church services and in the regular exchange of gifts between courtiers and ambassadors; the role of plate and jewels as a potent symbol of power; how the king used confiscation as an instrument of humiliation of those who fell from grace, including Cardinal Wolsey and Katherine of Aragon; and how Henry's avaricious seizure of church plate towards the end of his life throws light on his changing character. While the focus is on plate and goldsmiths' work, the context ranges from court ceremonial to rivalry between princes, the role of the church, the vulnerability of persons and institutions with covetable assets, and relations between the king and his own family. Bringing the existence and significance of these lost riches back to life, the book sheds new light on Henrician and Tudor court culture. TIMOTHY SCHRODER was Curator of Decorative Arts at the Los Angeles County Museum and a Consultant Curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Current or recent roles include Prime Warden of the Goldsmiths' Company, President of the Silver Society and a Trustee of the Wallace Collection. Publications include English Domestic Silver, The Gilbert Collection of Gold and Silver and British and Continental Gold and Silver in the Ashmolean Museum. Table of Contents Preface and Glossary Magnificence The Jewel House The King's Inheritance 'Heaven Smiles, Earth Rejoices' 'Defender of the Faith': Spectacle and the Church' Banquets 'Rich, Fierce, and Greedy for Glory' Wolsey The Field of Cloth of Gold Holbein and the 'Antique' The Family Silver Cromwell, the Tower and the Goldsmiths Dissolution and augmentation 'Most Avaricious of Men' 'Sic Transit Gloria Mundi': The Fate of Hnery VIII's PLate and Jewels Bibliography Index

'A Marvel to Behold': Gold and Silver at the Court of Henry VIII

Boydell Press

The first monograph on the skills of this contemporary silver artist whose work appears in public and privtae collections all over the world.

Hiroshi Suzuki

Individual Artists

Scala Arts Publishers, Inc.

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<li>Lively introduction to early English silver</li>
<li>Many hitherto unpublished items of silver illustrated in color</li>
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A remarkable private collection formed over the last thirty years is the focus of this richly illustrated book that introduces the reader to English silver spanning a century and a half from a little before the Tudor age (1485-1603) to the threshold of the Civil War (1642-51). This was a period when England changed out of all recognition. At the beginning it was still essentially a medieval country dominated by an autocratic king and a rich and powerful Church; by the end of the period the Church had lost virtually all of its power and, with the execution of Charles I in 1649, the monarchy itself was abolished. To a degree, this changing world is mirrored in the styles represented by the silver featuring in the collection. Besides setting the silver against its social and historical background the book examines the wide range of techniques used by silversmiths at the time to shape and adorn silver objects.
Contents: Foreword by David Little; 1 English Silver before the Civil War; 2 Conspicuous Consumption: the Ceremonies of Dining; 3 'Plate commonly used in the howse'; 4 Silver and Godliness; 5 The Workshop and the Trade; 6 The Afterlife of Early Silver; Catalogue of items in the Little collection; Bibliography; Index; Picture credits

English Silver Before the Civil War: The David Little Collection

John Adamson Dist A/C

A foreword by the Rt Revd Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, and twelve essays by distinguished authorities will illustrate aspects of evolving liturgy and Church history, alongside a beautiful display of the 250 gold and silver objects spanning the history of the church which were exhibited at the Goldsmith's Hall, London.

Treasures of the English Church: A Thousand Years of Sacred Gold and Silver (Goldsmith's Hall, London)

Silver, porcelain and ruby glass seem unlikely bedfellows, yet the objects in the Zilkha Collection are all united by the medium of silver or luxury metalwork. The objects were also made, for the most part, over about a century and a half. All of them tell a fascinating story of the particular circumstances that produced them: a maker, a workshop, a patron. They also tell the wider story of the society that made them necessary or desirable; the science that made them possible; and of their survival down the centuries.

Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection

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