English Silver before the Civil War

Jacket showing an earthenware pot, probably
mid-16th-century Italian, with a silver-gilt
mount made in London, 1558–9

Author| Timothy Schroder
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English

Release number

| 1st edition
Subject| Silver, Reformation
Published| Cambridge
Publisher| John Adamson

Publication date

| 19 November 2015
Media type| Print
Pages| 160
ISBN| 978-1-898565-15-4
OCLC| 929587926

Dewey Decimal

| 739.2
LC Class| NK7143 .S36 2015
Website| Book on publisher's website

English Silver before the Civil War is Timothy Schroder's account of English domestic and church silver from a little before the Tudor age (1485–1603) to the threshold of the Civil War (1642–51).

## Contents

* 1 Summary
* 2 Critical reception
* 3 Notes
* 4 External links

## Summary

Focusing on a private collection formed over the last thirty years,[1] the book also "provides a general introduction to the silver trade and to dining customs of the period."[2]

## Critical reception

Writing in the Art Newspaper, Tessa Murdoch praised the book's "accessible text, exemplary silver photography, elegant design and careful editing".[3] Her remarks were reinforced by Kirstin Kennedy in her review in the Burlington Magazine: "Schroder’s clear, thoughtful account . . . marries object-based evidence with visual and documentary sources . . . The arguments of the text are supported by superb photographs . . . a clear layout and a detailed index."[4] In Silver Magazine, Dorothea Burstyn commented favourably on the book's production: "As with all books published by John Adamson, this volume has a very pleasing and elegant layout with gorgeous photography."[5] Philippa Glanville captured the book's quintessence when she wrote in Silver Studies: "From the first glance, the book is a celebration of the period, as well as of specific objects, and this shines through in every aspect."[6]

## Notes

1. ↑ The David Little collection.
2. ↑ Apollo, February 2016.
3. ↑ Tessa Murdoch, Art Newspaper, no. 280, June 2016, p. 64.
4. ↑ Kirstin Kennedy, Burlington Magazine, August 2016, p. 648.
5. ↑ Dorothea Burstyn, Silver Magazine, Palm Beach, FL, March/April 2017, pp. 40–1.
6. ↑ Silver Studies, no. 33, 2016–17, pp. 169–70.

## External links

* Publisher's official website

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