Description
About the Author
TIMOTHY SCHRODER was Curator of Decorative Arts at the Los Angeles County Museum and a Consultant Curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Current or recent roles include Prime Warden of the Goldsmiths' Company, President of the Silver Society and a Trustee of the Wallace Collection. Publications include English Domestic Silver, The Gilbert Collection of Gold and Silver and British and Continental Gold and Silver in the Ashmolean Museum.
Reviews
A sumptuous book to read, richly illustrated with numerous, well-chosen colour plates, which are produced to a high quality. [...] The visual side of 'A Marvel to Behold' is matched by the fluent and engaging prose and both are underpinned by an extensive bibliography. [...] Hopefully 'A Marvel to Behold' will result in other pieces being uncovered, offering us a glimpse of just how beautiful and technically brilliant Henry VIII's collection of plates was. -- ROYAL STUDIES JOURNAL
A well-written book of impeccable scholarship....This erudite volume, the fruit of a long-standing study of the objects and their sources, should be essential reading for everyone interested in goldsmiths' work and the decorative arts in Renaissance Europe. * THE BURLINGTON MAGAZINE *
An important book not just because it deals with a topic that has been previously overlooked, but because it opens up new fields of enquiry. * JEWELLERY HISTORY TODAY *
Erudite and fascinating. * SILVER SOCIETY JOURNAL *
This sumptuously illustrated book explores how Henry VIII's desire to maintain the "magnificence" of a Renaissance prince led him to acquire more gold and silver plate than any English king before or since. . . . Highly recommended. * CHOICE *
Timothy Schroder's "A Marvel to Behold": Gold and Silver at the Court of Henry VIII is an astonishingly good book about a subject that many readers will find unfamiliar. -- Journal of British Studies
Book Information
ISBN 9781783275076
Author Timothy Schroder
Format Hardback
Page Count 398
Imprint The Boydell Press
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Weight(grams) 1g