Diplomats, goldsmiths and baroque court culture : Lord Raby in Berlin, The Hague and Wentworth Castle : the proceedings of the 2012 Wentworth Castle conference / edited by Patrick Eyres and James Lomax
2014, First Edition. Stainborough : Northern Heritage Publications. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #441575
ISBN: 9781909837171
Physical description; 196 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Contents; Diplomats, goldsmiths and baroque court culture: Lord Raby in Berlin, The Hague and at Wentworth Castle / Patrick Eyres and James Lomax -- Lord Raby and the cultural milieu of the Berlin Court of Frederick I / Alfred Hagemann -- Lord Raby in Berlin: art, architecture and amour / Michael Charlesworth -- Lord Raby's embassies and their representation at Wentworth Castle / Patrick Eyres -- The ambassador's plate revisited / James Lomax -- Ambassadorial plate, embassies and the Dutch Republic / Jet Pijzel-Dommisse -- "Curiously enchased": Goldsmiths and diplomats in Baroque Europe / Philippa Glanville -- Silver and the early Hanoveians / Ellenor Alcorn -- Baroque silver fountains, cisterns and coolers in England / James Lomax -- German silver in England / James Lomax -- German silver in England / Christopher Hartop -- Lord Raby and his scientific instruments / Jane Furse. Subjects; Art, British - 18th century - Congresses.
Price: €35.00