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Exhibition Review
The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 74-76
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Reviewer:
Goldring, Elizabeth (Goldring, Elizabeth)
Subjects
artists:
Holbein, Hans the Younger, ca. 1497-1543 / Hilliard, Nicholas / Eworth, Hans / Horenbout, Lucas / Metsys, Quinten / Geeraerts, Marcus, the elder, 1520 - bef. 1604
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Paintings / Tapestries / Carpets / Silver plate / Stained glass / Medals / Jewellery / Furniture / Embroidery / Sculpture
media:
Miniatures (paintings) / Books / Manuscripts
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
patrons:
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 / Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
subjects:
British art / Tudor / Courts (social groups)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Angel bearing a candlestick (one of a pair), by Benedetto da Rovezzano. 1524–29. Bronze, 101 by 50 by 33 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
11. Elizabeth I (Sieve Portrait), by Quentin Metsys the Younger. 1583. Oil on canvas, 124.5 by 91.5 cm. (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
12. Henry VIII, by Hans Holbein the Younger. c.1537. Oil on panel, 28 by 20 cm. (Museo Nacional Thyssen- Bornemisza, Madrid; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Book Review
English Silver of the 16th–20th Centuries: The Collection of the Moscow Kremlin Museums. By Natalia Abramova
04/2020 | 1405 | 162
Pages: 357-358
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Reviewer:
Schroder, Timothy (Schroder, Timothy)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Moscow Kremlin Museums, Moscow, Russia
subjects:
Silverwork / Silver plate / Silver-gilt / English / Collections
Reviewed Items
subjects:
English Silver of the 16th–20th Centuries: The Collection of the Moscow Kremlin Museums By Natalia Abramova. 435 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Moscow Kremlin Museums, 2018), 5000RUB. ISBN 978–5–88678–334–6. | :
Article
Power and plate: Sir Robert Walpole’s silver
05/2015 | 1346 | 157
Pages: 318-324
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Author:
Murdoch, Tessa (Murdoch, Tessa)
Subjects
artists:
Lamerie, Paul de / Wickes, George / Lukin, William
buildings:
Houghton Hall, nr. Kings Lynn, Great Britain
collectors and dealers:
Walpole, Robert, First Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
dates:
1700-1749
subjects:
Silverwork / Estate inventories / Dinner services / Candelabras (candleholders) / Salvers / Domestic (house related concept) / Art dealers / Goldsmiths / Account books
subjects:
Tureens / Silver plate / Candleholders / Candlesticks / Decorative arts
Illustrations
Attributed works:
18. Wine cooler. Britannia standard, one of a pair, marked for the London goldsmith William Lukin (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Attributed works:
19. Candelabra. One of a pair supplied by Paul de Lamerie (The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
Attributed works:
20. Soup tureen. Supplied as a matching pair to that made by Paul Crespin by George Wickes (Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery)
Attributed works:
21. Bread basket. Supplied by Paul de Lamerie (The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
Attributed works:
22. Exchequer seal salver. Britannia standard, marked by Paul de Lamerie (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
Attributed works:
23. The Stature of a Great Man, or the English Colossus, by George Bickham the Younger (British Museum, London)
Attributed works:
24. Scale drawing for a silver chandelier, possibly from the workshop of Paul de Lamerie (The Marquess of Cholmondeley, Houghton Hall)
Attributed works:
25. Two alternate designs for a silver chandelier crowned with an Earl's coronet and incorporating the Walpole family crest, a Saracen's head, ducally crowned, supplied by George Wickes
Attributed works:
26. A pull of the engraving of the circular Exchequer seal salver, supplied by William Lukin, engraved by Joseph Sympson (British Museum, London)
Attributed works:
27. 'Treasury' inkstand. Britannia standard, supplied by Paul de Lamerie
Short Notice
The Mystery of the Galvanic Goblet
06/1984 | 975 | 126
Pages: 347-349
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Author:
Hunt, Leslie B. (Hunt, Leslie B.)
Subjects
artists:
Storr, Paul,
artists:
Flaxman, John
dates:
1750-1799
museums and institutions:
Royal Collection, (Great Britain)
places:
England / London
subjects:
Silverwork / Metalwork
subjects:
Goblets
subjects:
Silver plate
subjects:
Volta, Alessandro, 1745-1827
Illustrations
Attributed works:
38. Goblet, by Paul Storr, to a Design by John Flaxman. Silver Gilt, Height 12.7 cm. Inscribed on Base 'Galvanic Goblet'. (Royal Collection). Reproduced by Gracious Permission of Her Majesty The Queen.
Book Review
Caroline Silver
01/1973 | 838 | 115
Pages: 47-48
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Reviewer:
Blair, Claude (Blair, Claude; Blair, C.)
Subjects
dates:
1600-1699
patrons:
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649
patrons:
Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685
patrons:
James II, King of England, 1633-1701
places:
England
subjects:
Attributions
subjects:
Silverwork / Metalwork / Silver plate
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Caroline Silver | author: Oman, Charles
Article
Matthew Boulton's Mechanical Paintings
08/1970 | 809 | 112
Pages: 497-507
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Author:
Robinson, Eric (Robinson, Eric)
Author:
Thompson, Keith R. (Thompson, Keith R.)
Subjects
artists:
Boulton, Matthew
artists:
Boulton and Fothergill
artists:
West, Benjamin
artists:
Eginton, Francis
artists:
Loutherbourg, Philip James de
artists:
Stuart, James Athenian
artists:
Wyatt, James
artists:
Kauffmann, Angelica
dates:
1770-1779
patrons:
Montague, Elizabeth
places:
London
places:
Soho (London) / England
subjects:
Camera lucidas
subjects:
Ormolu / Silver plate / Engravings
subjects:
Boulton and Fothergill
subjects:
Documents / Correspondence / Inventories
subjects:
Prints
subjects:
British painting / Photomechanical processes / Printmaking / Lithographs / Mezzotints / Aquatints
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. Nymphs Adorning a Herm. Engraving after Angelica Kauffmann, from Which Mechanical Paintings Were Made. (Science Museum, London.)
Attributed works:
15. Graces Awakening Cupid. Engraving after Angelica Kauffmann (Left) and the Mechanical Painting Copy of It (Right). (Science Museum, London.)
Attributed works:
16. Summer, after Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg. Mechanical Painting. (National Portrait Gallery.)
Attributed works:
17. Detail from the Interior of Elizabeth Montagu's House, 22 Portman Square, Showing Mechanical Paintings after Angelica Kauffmann over the Door and in the Centre of the Ceiling. From a Photograph Taken in 1894. (Destroyed.) Courtesy National Buildings Record.
Western art unattributed:
14. Detail from Green Drawing Room, Culzean Castle, Scotland, Showing What is Probably a Mechanical Painting in the Style of Angelica Kauffmann.
Book Review
English Domestic Silver
04/1960 | 685 | 102
Pages: 174
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Reviewer:
Brocklehurst, Charles (Brocklehurst, Charles)
Subjects
dates:
1700-1899
places:
England
subjects:
Metalwork / Silverwork / Silver plate / British / Catalogues
subjects:
Domestic (house related concept)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
English Domestic Silver | author: Oman, Charles
Article
Corporation Plate of England and Wales
08/1952 | 593 | 94
Pages: 228-231
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Author:
Oman, Charles (Oman, Charles; Oman, Charles Chichele; O., C. C.; Oman, C. C.; Oman, Charles C.)
Subjects
dates:
1950-1959
dates:
1500-1699
museums and institutions:
Goldsmiths' Hall, London, Great Britain
places:
England / Wales
subjects:
Silverwork / Metalwork / Silver plate
subjects:
Guilds / Corporations
subjects:
Exhibitions
subjects:
Cities
subjects:
Civic plate
subjects:
Patronage
subjects:
Elizabethan / Stuart / Ceremonial vessels
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Cup. Gold. Maker's Mark, IH with Fleur-de-lis. London 1680. Height, 16.5 cm. (Corporation of Oxford.)
Attributed works:
11. Cup. Silver-Gilt. Maker's mark, IM over FB. London 1614. Height, 37.5 cm. (Corporation of Hertford.)
Attributed works:
12. Oar of the 'Admiral of the Medway'. Parcel-Gilt. Made by E. Aldridge, London 1748. Length, 100 cm. (Corporation of Rochester.)
Attributed works:
14. The Bodkin Cup. Gilt. Maker's Mark, a Heart. London 1525. Height, 12.1 cm. (Corporation of Portsmouth.)
Attributed works:
15. The Wrothe Salt. Maker's Mark, TC Monogram. London 1633. Height, 16.5 cm. (Corporation of Bridgewater.)
Attributed works:
16. Basin. Gilt. Maker's Mark, IV. London 1617. Diameter, 45.1 cm. (Corporation of Norwich.)
Attributed works:
17. The Clive Tankard. Parcel-Gilt. Maker's Mark, B over W (?). Hamburg, c. 1660. Height, 25.4 cm. (Corporation of Shrewsbury.)
Western art unattributed:
13. Mace of the Former Borough of Burford, Oxon. c. 1500. Length, 33 cm. (Dr Cheatle.)
Article
Historic Plate of the City of London: An Essay in Collecting
06/1951 | 579 | 93
Pages: 182+184-187
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Author:
Oman, Charles (Oman, Charles; Oman, Charles Chichele; O., C. C.; Oman, C. C.; Oman, Charles C.)
Subjects
artists:
Pyne, Benjamin
artists:
Lamerie, Paul de
artists:
Farrer, Thomas, goldsmith, act. 1700-1750
dates:
1500-1699 / 1700-1749
places:
England / London
subjects:
Silver plate / Silverwork / Metalwork
subjects:
Guilds / Corporations / Patronage
subjects:
Ceremonial vessels / Tankards
subjects:
Tudor / Elizabethan / Stuart
subjects:
Flagons
subjects:
Civic plate
Illustrations
Attributed works:
9. Flagon and Basin, by Benjamin Pyne. Silver, 1721. (Mansion House.)
Western art unattributed:
10. The Houblon Tankard, Silver, 1695. (Bank of England.)
Western art unattributed:
11. Goblet, Silver,1545. (St Margaret Pattens.)
Western art unattributed:
4. Standing Salt Cellar, Silver, 1569. (Vintners' Company.)
Western art unattributed:
5. The Lambarde Cup, Silver, 1578. (Drapers' Company.)
Western art unattributed:
6. Coconut Cup, Silver, 1526. (Ironmongers' Company.)
Western art unattributed:
7. Standing Bowl, Silver, 1586. (St Giles, Cripplegate.)
Western art unattributed:
8. Pomegranate Cup, Silver, 1563. (Inner Temple.)
Book Review
Catalogue of the Plate of Oriel College, Oxford
12/1947 | 537 | 89
Pages: 355-356
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Reviewer:
Symonds, R. W. (Symonds, R. W.; Symonds, Robert Wemyss)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
University of Oxford, Oxford, Great Britain
places:
England / Oxford
subjects:
Catalogues / Metalwork / Silver plate
subjects:
Silverwork / Universities
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Catalogue of the Plate of Oriel College, Oxford | author: Jones, E. Alfred
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