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Description
This book is a comprehensive, well illustrated guide to one of the most important collections of 18th-century silver in Europe, extending to nearly a thousand individual pieces, being of the highest quality, style and exuberance of form and surviving virtually intact along with extensive and previously untapped archival evidence of its commissioning and use. The book analyses the silver from stylistic and technical perspectives and uses it to shed light on the patronage, fashion, and diplomatic, political and social history of the period. It also casts new light on the Herveys, one of England's most famous and eccentric aristocratic families.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter One – Silver patronage during the restoration in the early 18th century: John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol
Chapter Two – Silver for the international stage: the 2nd Earl of Bristol
Chapter Three – Perquisite plate and the later career of the 2nd Earl of Bristol
Chapter Four – Survival against the odds: the Ickworth silver after 1775
CATALOGUE
Part 1 Silver of the 1st Earl of Bristol
Part 2 Silver of Lord and Lady Hervey
Part 3 Silver of the 2nd Earl of Bristol
Part 4 Silver of the 4th Earl of Bristol
Part 5 Silver of John Augustus, Lord Hervey
Part 6 Silver of the 5th Earl and 1st Marquess of Bristol
Part 7 Silver of the 2nd Marquess of Bristol
Part 8 Silver of the 3rd Marquess of Bristol
Part 9 Silver of the 4th Marquess of Bristol
APPENDICES
1: References to silver and gold in the 1st Earl of Bristol's accounts
2: Suppliers or repairers of silver and gold in the 1st Earl of Bristol's accounts
3: References relating to the Ickworth silver in Goslings and Hoare's bank ledgers up to 1775
4: Documents relating to the 2nd Earl of Bristol's diplomatic plate
5: List of plate belonging to the 5th Earl and 1st Marquess of Bristol
Hervey family tree
Bibliography
Photography credits and copyright
Index
Product details
| Published | 01 Feb 2017 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 256 |
| ISBN | 9781781300428 |
| Imprint | Philip Wilson Publishers |
| Illustrations | 250 colour |
| Dimensions | Not specified |
| Series | National Trust Series |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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