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Author:   Timothy Schroder ,  Dora Thornton
Publisher:   British Museum Press
Imprint:   British Museum Press
Volume:   227
ISBN:  

9780861592272

ISBN 10:   0861592271
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   28 February 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

 Introduction by Timothy Schroder and Dora Thornton  Chapter 1: Diplomatic gifts between Francis I of France and Henry VIII of England (Timothy Schroder)  Chapter 2: Treasures associated with King Francis I in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, including the Cellini Salt Cellar and the Gemma Augustea (Paulus Rainer)  Chapter 3: Pierre Mangot and goldsmiths at the court of King Francis I of France (Michèle Bimbenet-Privat)  Chapter 4: The status and significance of the Sibyls Casket by Pierre Mangot in the Waddesdon Bequest in the British Museum (Dora Thornton)  Chapter 5: Hans Holbein the Younger and his designs for goldsmiths’ work in relation to the Clock Salt (Olenka Horbatsch)  Chapter 6: The Clock Salt and its history after the reign of Charles I (Rosemary Ransome Wallis)  Chapter 7: Rothschild family collecting and their taste for continental Renaissance silver in the nineteenth century (Julia Siemon)  Scientific study of the Clock Salt and its making: a new look at the clock mechanism (Andrew Meek, Oliver Cooke, Fleur Shearman, Denise Ling, Caroline Cartwright, Dan O’Flynn and Joanne Dyer)  Conclusion by Timothy Schroder and Dora Thornton  Bibliography  Index

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Timothy Schroder is a historian of silver and goldsmiths’ work and a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. A former Curator of Decorative Arts at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Consultant Curator at the V&A, he is a trustee of the Wallace Collection and was recently Prime Warden of the Goldsmiths’ Company. Publications include British and Continental Gold and Silver in the Ashmolean Museum (2009) and ‘A Marvel to Behold’, Gold and Silver at the Court of Henry VIII (2020). Dora Thornton is Curator of the Goldsmiths’ Company Collection and was formerly Curator of Renaissance Europe and the Waddesdon Bequest at the British Museum. Publications include (with Sir Jonathan Bate), Shakespeare: Staging the World (2012) and A Rothschild Renaissance: Treasures from the Waddesdon Bequest (2015).

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