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 |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
Release number | 1st edition |
| Subject | Silver, Reformation |
| Published | Cambridge |
| Publisher | John Adamson |
Publication date | 19 November 2015 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 160 |
| ISBN | 978-1-898565-15-4 |
| OCLC | 929587926 |
| 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).
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]
Author
[edit]Timothy Schroder is an English art historian, born in 1953. After graduating from Christ Church, Oxford and a year at the Victoria and Albert Museum, he joined Christie's as a silver specialist. In 1985 he became Curator of Decorative Arts at LACMA.[3] After returning to London, he was Curator of the Gilbert Collection at Somerset House, Prime Warden of the Goldsmith's Company, and a dealer and consultant.[4] His other books include A Marvel to Behold: Gold and Silver at the Court of Henry VIII (Woodbridge: Boydell, 2020), The National Trust Book of English Domestic Silver, 1500-1900 (Penguin/Viking, 1988), and catalogues of silver collections including that of the Ashmolean Museum.
Critical reception
[edit]Writing in The Art Newspaper, Tessa Murdoch praised the book's "accessible text, exemplary silver photography, elegant design and careful editing".[5] 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."[6] 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."[7] 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."[8]
References
[edit]- ^ The David Little collection.
- ^ Apollo, February 2016.
- ^ Cover info: The National Trust Book of English Domestic Silver, 1500-1900
- ^ Amazon bio
- ^ Tessa Murdoch, The Art Newspaper, no. 280, June 2016, p. 64.
- ^ Kirstin Kennedy, The Burlington Magazine, August 2016, p. 648.
- ^ Dorothea Burstyn, Silver Magazine, Palm Beach, FL, March/April 2017, pp. 40–1.
- ^ Silver Studies, no. 33, 2016–17, pp. 169–70.