Although silver was an integral part of 16th- and 17th-century life, with the wealthy owning vast amounts of plate, most of those pieces have since been lost. This well-illustrated volume introduces the English silver of the period – covering dining, household objects and church plate before looking at its production – then presents a detailed catalogue of items in the David Little Collection, which is representative of the era’s main forms and styles.
A remarkable private collection formed over the last thirty years is the focus of this richly illustrated book that introduces the reader to English silver spanning a century and a half from a little before the Tudor age (1485-1603) to the threshold of the Civil War (1642-51). This was a period when England changed out of all recognition. At the beginning it was still essentially a medieval country dominated by an autocratic king and a rich and powerful Church; by the end of the period the Church had lost virtually all of its power and, with the execution of Charles I in 1649, the monarchy itself was abolished. To a degree, this changing world is mirrored in the styles represented by the silver featuring in the collection. Besides setting the silver against its social and historical background the book examines the wide range of techniques used by silversmiths at the time to shape and adorn silver objects.
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