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Book Review
Nicolas Besnier (1686–1754): Architecte, orfèvre du roi et échevin de la Ville de Paris
05/2025 | 1466 | 167
Pages: 516–7
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Minter, Alice (Minter, Alice)
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Nicolas Besnier (1686–1754): Architecte, orfèvre du roi et échevin de la Ville de Paris By Christophe Huchet de Quénetain. 348 pp. incl. 280 col. + b. & w. ills. (Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2024), €39. ISBN 978–2–7535–9475–3. | :
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1. Pair of tureens with covers and their plates, from the Horatio Walpole service, by Nicolas Besnier. 1726–27. Silver, height of tureens 38 cm., diameter of plates 45.3 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Book Review
The Wider Goldsmiths’ Trade in Elizabethan and Stuart London
01/2025 | 1462 | 167
Pages: 69-71
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Schroder, Timothy (Schroder, Timothy)
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The Wider Goldsmiths’ Trade in Elizabethan and Stuart London By David M. Mitchell. 425 pp. incl. 280 col. + b. & w. ills. (Ad Ilissum, London, 2024), £80. ISBN 978–19–1540107–6. | :
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6. Silver-hilted smallsword, maker’s mark probably for George Scrivener. London, 1698–90; blade 1674. Steel, silver and wood, length 96.5 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Book Review
Orfèvrerie de la Renaissance et des temps modernes: XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles: La Collection du Musée du Louvre
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1186–1187
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Glanville, Philippa (Glanville, Philippa; G., P.)
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Orfèvrerie de la Renaissance et des temps modernes: XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles: La Collection du Musée du Louvre By Michèle Bimbenet-Privat, Florian Doux and Catherine Gougeon with Philippe Palasi. 3 vols, 1,048 pp. incl. 2,270 col. + b. & w. ills. (Éditions Faton, Paris, 2022), €165. ISBN 978–2–87844–321–9. | :
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Western art unattributed:
1. Pair of wine coolers. France, c.1720. Gilded copper, 19.5 by 28 by 20.5 cm. and 19.8 by 27 by 20.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Exhibition Review
Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co.
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1062–4
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Falino, Jeannine (Falino, Jeannine)
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Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | :
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7. Vase, by Tiffany & Co. 1879. Silver, copper, gold and silver-copperzinc alloy, 29.2 by 16.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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9. Swan centrepiece, by Tiffany & Co. 1874. Silver with gilding, 36.8 by 34.3 by 61 cm. (Rough Point Collection/Doris Duke, Newport Restoration Fund, Newport, Rhode Island; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Non-western art unattributed:
8. Footed bowl with an eagle emblem. Probably Syria, mid-thirteenth century. Dipmoulded, blown, enamelled and gilded glass, 18.3 by 20.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Article
Eighteenth-century English silver for King João V of Portugal
08/2024 | 1457 | 166
Pages: 826–833
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Vale, Teresa Leonor M. (Vale, Teresa Leonor M.)
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2. Portrait of Secretary of State Diogo Mendonça Corte Real, by Guillaume François Laurent Debrie. 1730. Engraving. (From Retratos de Cardeaes, Bispos, e Varoens Portuguezes Illustres em Nobreza, Armas, Letras, e Santidade Coordenados nos Mezes de Abril e Maio do Anno do Senhor, Lisbon 1791, fol.40A; Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, Secção de Iconografia, Lisbon).
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3. Portrait of King D. João V, by Pompeo Batoni. 18th century. Oil on canvas, 90 by 70 cm. (Palácio Nacional da Ajuda, Lisbon).
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4. Model of the sculptural group for the funerary monument of Manuel Pereira de Sampaio, by Filippo della Valle. c.1753. Terracotta and paint, height 56.5 cm. (Museu de Lisboa, Lisbon.)
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5. Centrepiece with Neptune, by Paul Crespin and Nicholas Sprimont. 1741–42. Embossed and chiselled gilded silver, 49 by 66 by 47 cm. (© 2024 HM King Charles III; Royal Collection Trust).
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6. Wine cooler made for Louis Henri de Bourbon, by Gabriel Huquier after Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier. 1748. Engraving, 17.9 by 25.9 cm. (Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, New York).
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7. Basin, by Paul Crespin. 1722–23. Silver, height 14.7 cm., diameter 49.5 cm. (British Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
1. Paul Crespin. British. c.1726. Oil on canvas, 114 by 90 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Book Review
Disegni, argenti e argentieri dall’Archivio Barberini (Studi e Testi, 542–543)
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 806–807
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Montagu, Jennifer (Montagu, Jennifer)
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Disegni, argenti e argentieri dall’Archivio Barberini (Studi e Testi, 542–543) By Francesca Barberini and Micaela Dickmann. 2 vols, 960 pp. incl. 167 col. ills. (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 2021), €150. ISBN 978–88–210–1058–3. | :
Article
Drawings of Van Vianen silver in an eighteenth-century collection
02/2021 | 1415 | 163
Pages: 128-143
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Van Der Hoorn, Esther (Van Der Hoorn, Esther)
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Attributed works:
1. Detail of Fig.22, showing a silver salt.
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10. Drawing of silver objects. c.1725–28. Pen and pencil in black with grey wash, 35.6 by 24.5 cm. (sheet). (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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11. Lidded bowl, attributed to Adam van Vianen. c.1620. Silver, 10.5 by 15.8 by 9 cm. (Private collection).
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12. Drinking bowl, by Adam van Vianen. 1618. Silver, 12.9 by 16.5 by 12 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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13. Drawing of a silver bowl. c.1725–28. Pen and pencil in black with grey wash, 35.6 by 24.5 cm. (sheet). (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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14. Tazza with a foot shaped like Bacchus, by Christiaen van Vianen. 1631. Gilt silver, 19 by 21 cm. (Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam).
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15. Salt, by Adam van Vianen. 1624. Silver, height 19.5 cm. (Private collection; photograph Collectie A. Aardewerk Antiquair Juwelier).
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16 and 17. Drawings of silver salts. c.1725–28. Pen and pencil in black with grey wash. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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18. Salt with a foot in the shape of Ceres, by Michiel de Bruyn van Berendrecht. 1650. Silver, 20.2 by 11.5 cm. (Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam).
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19–21. Drawings of silver salts. c.1725–28. Pen and pencil in black with grey wash, each 35.6 by 24.5 cm. (sheet). (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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2. Drawing of a silver cup. c.1725–28. Pen and pencil in black with grey wash, 35.6 by 24.5 cm. (sheet). (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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22. Drawings of a silver salt. c.1725–28. Pen and pencil in black with grey wash, 35.6 by 24.5 cm. (sheet). (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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23. Drawing of a silver cup. c.1725–28. Pen and pencil in black with grey wash, 35.6 by 24.5 cm. (sheet). (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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24. Solon before Croesus, by Gerrit van Honthorst. 1624. Oil on canvas, 168.5 by 214 cm. (© Hamburger Kunsthalle / bpk).
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25. Still life with a bowl, by Mattheus Wijtmans. After 1667. Oil on canvas, 54 by 43.7 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest).
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26. Globe cup, after a model by Christoph Jamnitzer. c.1650. Silver, 42 by 17.6 by 17.6 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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27. Portrait of Anthony III Grill, by Jan Maurits Quinkhard. 1727. Oil on canvas, 63.1 by 53.3 cm. (Stichting Het Grill’s Hofje; Stichting RKD).
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3. Cup in the shape of a shell, by Adam van Vianen. 1625. Silver, 18 by 15.5 by 12 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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4. Drawing of a silver cupholder. c.1725–28. Pen and pencil in black with grey wash, 35.6 by 24.5 cm. (sheet). (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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5. Drawing of a silver cupholder. c.1725–28. Pen and pencil in black with grey wash, 35.6 by 24.5 cm. (sheet). (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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6. Drawing of silver bowls. c.1725–28. Pen and pencil in black with grey wash, 35.6 by 24.5 cm. (sheet). (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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7. Drinking bowl in the shape of a water basin with dolphins, by Christiaen van Vianen. 1627. 8.8 by 15.7 by 21.1 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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8. Shell cup, pl.3 from the series Constighe Modellen, by Adam van Vianen (designer), Christiaen van Vianen (publisher) and Theodorus van Kessel (etcher). 1646–52. Etching, 16.3 by 21.3 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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9. Two bowls, pl.10 from the series Constighe Modellen, by Adam van Vianen (designer), Christiaen van Vianen (publisher) and Theodorus van Kessel (etcher). 1646–52. Etching, 16.3 by 21.3 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Article
A Portuguese bishop’s pontifical mass service by Luigi Valadier
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 196-203
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Vale, Teresa Leonor M. (Vale, Teresa Leonor M.)
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1. Pyx, by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, 21.7 by 11 cm. (Church of S. Miguel, Castelo Branco; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
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10. Round dish (one of four), by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, diameter 25 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre- Castelo Branco).
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11. Detail of Fig.5, showing Luigi Valadier’s mark. (© Diocese Portalegre- Castelo Branco).
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12. Detail of Fig.3, showing the Reverenda Camera Apostolica’s mark (‘bollo camerale’).
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13. Pontifical mass service, by Luigi Valadier. 1768–69. Gilt silver. (Cathedral of S. Nicola, Muro Lucano; photograph The Frick Collection, New York).
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14. Detail of D. Frei Manuel Tavares Coutinho e Silva, seventeenth bishop of Portalegre. Eighteenth century. Oil on canvas, whole painting 107.5 by 84 cm. (Episcopal Palace, Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre- Castelo Branco).
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15. A round dish or basin, by Luigi Valadier. Brown ink on paper, 42.5 by 45 cm. (Pinacoteca di Faenza).
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16. An oval tray, by Luigi Valadier. Brown ink on paper, 24 by 34.5 cm. (Pinacoteca di Faenza).
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17. A pair of cruets and a tray, by Luigi Valadier. Brown ink on paper, 34.8 by 28.8 cm. (Wiltshire and Swindon Archives, Chippenham, 2667/18/16).
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18. A holy water bucket, by Luigi Valadier. Pencil and brown ink on paper. (Private collection).
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19. Ewer and basin, or cruet and tray, by Luigi Valadier. Black and brown ink on paper. (Private collection).
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19. Ewer and basin, or cruet and tray, by Luigi Valadier. Black and brown ink on paper. (Private collection).
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2. Ewer, by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, 26.1 by 8 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
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20. A pair of cruets, by Luigi Valadier or his workshop. Black and grey ink on paper, 18.4 by 11 cm. (Wiltshire and Swindon Archives, Chippenham, 2667/18/15).
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21. Detail of Fig.8, showing the stopper of one of the cruets. (© Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
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3. Basin, by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, diameter 39.2 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
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4. Oval tray (one of a pair), by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, diameter 29 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
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5. Holy water bucket and aspergillum, by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, bucket 12.4 by 14.4 cm.; aspergillum length 17.3 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
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6. Wick trimmers and candle-holder, by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, silver, trimmers 17.5 by 4.6 cm.; holder 32.3 by 13.5 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
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7. Bell, by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, 12.5 by 6 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
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8. Pair of cruets and tray, by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, each cruet 17.3 by 8.50 cm., diameter of tray 24.4 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
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9. Pax, by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, 18.1 by 14.5 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
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Detail of Fig.5, showing Luigi Valadier’s mark. (© Diocese Portalegre- Castelo Branco).