Treasures of the English Church : a thousand years of sacred gold and silver / edited by Timothy Schroder ; foreword by the Archbishop of Canterbury
2008, 1st edition. London : Goldsmiths' Company in association with Paul Holberton Publishing. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #425620
ISBN: 1903470749
Physical description; 143 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. Notes; "This book accompanies an exhibition organized by the Goldsmiths' Company and held at Goldsmiths' Hall in London in the summer of 2008" -- p. [8]. Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-143). Contents; Introduction / Timothy Schroder -- St Dunstan, patron saint of goldsmiths / Douglas Dales -- Church plate before the Reformation / Clive Burgess, Marian Campbell -- The Tudor Reformations / Sophie Lee, Alec Ryrie -- 'Decent communion cups' : a national campaign / Timothy Kent -- From the buffet to the altar : secular plate in Anglican churches / Philippa Glanville -- A broad church : sacred silver in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries / William Jacob, James Lomax -- Recusant plate in England / Tessa Murdoch -- The Victorian resurgence / Jim Cheshire -- Church plate in the early twentieth century / Eric Turner -- Church plate since the Second World War / Rosemary Ransome Wallis -- Continental plate in English churches / Christopher Hartop -- The parish and its plate : the case of St Mary-le-Bow / Timothy Schroder -- Cathedral treasuries and the Goldsmiths' Company / Susan Hare -- Treasures of the English church -- envoi / Richard Chartres. Subjects; Church of England Liturgical objects ; Exhibitions. Church of England. Church plate. Liturgical objects. Goldsmiths Great Britain ; Exhibitions. Silverwork. Goldwork England. Silverwork England. Church plate England. Goldwork England History ; Exhibitions. Silverwork England History ; Exhibitions. Church plate England ; Exhibitions. Church decoration and ornament England History ; Exhibitions.
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