A perfect eye and steady hand
goldsmithing in Tudor & Stuart London
$56.15
- Hardcover
144 pages
- Release Date
6 July 2026
Summary
An introduction to the history of goldsmithing in London, published to accompany the Goldsmiths’ Gallery at the new London Museum.
Gold and silver are precious: prized as a form of portable capital, essential for the mints and coinage, used to express power and status. Yet great skill was needed in the buying, the fashioning and the selling of either metal. Customers were demanding and often fickle. Very little plate or jewellery from the Elizabethan and Stuart period…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781917976046 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1917976046 |
| Author: | Hazel Forsyth, Frances Parton, Timothy Schroder, Dora Thornton |
| Publisher: | Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 6 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 249mm x 221mm |
About The Author
Hazel Forsyth
Hazel Forsyth is Senior Curator of the Medieval and Modern Collections at the London Museum.
Frances Parton is Deputy Curator of the Goldsmiths’ Company Collection.
Timothy Schroder is Chairman of the Goldsmiths’ Company Collections Committee.
Dora Thornton is Head Curator of the Goldsmiths’ Company Collection.
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