Based on a scholarly catalogue of the 150 pieces in the Museum that date between 1480 and 1660, this book is a standard work for dealers and serious collectors. The glamour and splendor of silver is recreated from a vast array of contemporary documents and illustrations chosen to illuminate attitudes to the art of the goldsmith and to describe the extraordinary spread of silver at the time. The book was a finalist and specially commended in the national Art Collection's Fund awards for outstanding achievements in the arts.
