British and Irish Silver in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums
ISBN 978-0-300-11770-7
hardcover; 264 pages; 700+ duotone and 8 color illus.; 8x10 in
$75 ($67.50 for Members)
The Harvard Art Museum/Fogg Museum’s collection of silver made in the British Isles over three centuries is one of the most comprehensive of its kind in America. It includes objects that range from Elizabethan cups to works by such well-known figures as Jacob Bodendeich, Paul de Lamerie, and Hester Bateman. Also featured are iconic objects of Harvard University’s own historic silver, such as the Great Salt, the university’s oldest relic, which has been in America since the 1630s.
Some 280 objects are beautifully reproduced, as are all marks, a number of which are newly identified. Fascinating texts analyze and describe the collection and examine the changing tastes of silver collectors in 20th-century New England, painting a vivid portrait of collecting decorative arts in America. The contributions foreign craftsmen made to silver produced in London in the 17th and 18th centuries are also discussed, providing new information on the silversmithing trade of the time.
Christopher Hartop is an independent author and consultant. He was head of the Silver Department and later executive vice president, Christie’s, New York, 1984–99. He has written several books, including The Huguenot Legacy: English Silver 1680–1760, which was awarded the National Huguenot Society Annual Book Prize in 1997. Ellenor Alcorn is curator for the Gans Collection of English Silver at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond.
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