Scottish Gold and Silver Work

Scottish Gold and Silver Work
Author: Ian Finlay
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1999-04-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9781565545595

The original edition, published in 1956, was the first in its field, and it remains the only comprehensive treatment of the subject.

English, Irish, & Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

English, Irish, & Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
Author: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
Publisher: Hudson Hills
Total Pages: 606
Release: 1997
Genre: Orfèvrerie (Objets)
ISBN: 9781555951177

In this stunning catalog, Wees, curator of decorative arts at the Clark Art Institute, shares her extensive knowledge of silver. Robert Sterling Clark, who established the Art Institute in 1955, preferred Huguenot silver? especially that of Paul de Lamerie? so his collection, which contains typical objects from the early 16th to the mid-20th centuries, is especially rich in 18th-century examples. Wees arranges this collection according to general function ("Dining," "Lighting," etc.) and prefaces each chapter with exhaustively footnoted essays. She accompanies each item with crisp black-and-white photographs, a wealth of description, and helpful commentary. Analogous to Kathryn Buhler's standard catalog of American silver in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, this is a wonderful tool for researching makers and hallmarks, comparing stylistic elements, or just marveling at the beauty of an extraordinary collection. While not intended to be a historical compendium, this informative, visual feast belongs in all silver reference collections and will also certainly appeal to individual collectors. 19 colour & 1,222 b/w illustrations

Scotland's Families and the Edinburgh Goldsmiths

Scotland's Families and the Edinburgh Goldsmiths
Author: Rodney Dietert
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2008
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0615260268

This book provides Scottish genealogical information for families connected to the freemen Edinburgh goldsmiths. Entries span a period of more than 500 yrs from c. 1490 to the present and are organized into a series of 214 family trees. Significant ancestral locales are displayed in maps, diagrams and photos. Indexes of goldsmiths are provided by surname, chronology of freedom dates and family tree.

British Mining

British Mining
Author: Robert Hunt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 972
Release: 1887
Genre: Metal mines and mining
ISBN:

Studies in Scottish Business History

Studies in Scottish Business History
Author: Peter L. Payne
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2013-11-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136606661

This book was first published in 1967. This volume contains a number of essays looking at Scottish business history, its sources and archives. Section two explores domestic and enterprise organsation with examples of lead-mining, joint stock and he law, the Glasglow savings bank and the east coast herring fishing. Section three expands Scottish Enterprise overseas from 1707 to the nineteeth century.

The Culture of Protestantism in Early Modern Scotland

The Culture of Protestantism in Early Modern Scotland
Author: Margo Todd
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780300092349

The Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century brought a radical shift from a profoundly sensual and ceremonial experience of religion to the dominance of the word through Book and sermon. In Scotland, the revolution assumed proportions unequaled by any other national Calvinist Reformation, with Christmas and Easter formally abolished, sabbaths turned to fasting days, and mandatory attendance of weekday as well as Sunday sermons strictly enforced as part of an invasive disciplinary regimen.