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Bounty : nineteenth-century South Australian gold and silver
- Title
- Bounty : nineteenth-century South Australian gold and silver / Robert Reason.
- Author
- Reason, Robert.
- Publication
- Adelaide : Art Gallery of S.A., 2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | NK7190.A1 R43 2012g | Off-site |
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- Description
- 135 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 31 cm
- Summary
- "'Bounty : Nineteenth-century South Australian gold and silver' celebrates the creative skills and tenacity of our colonial European forebears. After arriving in South Australia with little more than the tools of their trade, these gold- and silversmiths went on to win international awards and accolades for their most spectacular pieces of art." -- p. 9.
- Alternative Title
- Nineteenth-century South Australian gold and silver
- 19th-century South Australian gold and silver
- Subject
- Art Gallery of South Australia > Exhibitions
- Goldwork > South Australia > History > 19th century > Exhibitions
- Silverwork > South Australia > History > 19th century > Exhibitions
- Silversmiths > South Australia > History > 19th century > Exhibitions
- Coins, Australian > South Australia > Exhibitions
- Australian
- Note
- Book and exhibition by Robert Reason.
- Published by the Art Gallery of S.A. to coincide with the exhibition of the same title, 2 June - 5 August 2012.
- Includes catalogue of works (p. 114-131)
- Bibliography (note)
- Contains bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Foreword / Nick Mitzevich -- Ch. 1. Monster mines : South Australia's mineral wealth / Robert Reason -- Ch. 2. Adelaide Assay Office ingots, pounds and a testimonial salver / Peter Lane -- Ch. 3. Early South Australian religious silver / Robert Reason -- Ch. 4. Silver & gold medallions : friendly societies, ploughing matches and target shooting! / Robert Reason -- Ch. 5. A talented silversmith : Julius Schomburgk / Pauline Payne -- Ch. 6. Hidden corners : rediscovering Firnhaber and Schomburgk in the digital age / J. B. Hawkins Antiques -- Ch. 7. A common cause : Schomburgk and Firnhaber : the Hanson cup & salver c. 1862 / Robert Reason -- Ch. 8. Two important South Australian gold cups / Robert Reason & Gary Morgan -- Ch. 9. Civic regalia : the City of Adelaide mace and chain c. 1882 / Robert Reason -- Ch. 10. Silver City : the Broken Hill presentations / Robert Reason -- Catalogue of works.
- ISBN
- 9781921668128 (hbk)
- 1921668121 (hbk)
- LCCN
- 2012493365
- 99952019625
- OCLC
- ocn798002683
- 798002683
- SCSB-5671545
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries