Research Catalog

Title

The honour and grandeur. Regalia, gold and silver at the Mansion House / Ralph Holt; Michael Hall; Clare Gifford.

Author

Holt, Ralph.

Publication

London : Paul Holberton Publishing, 2015.

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Additional Authors

• Hall, Michael.
• Gifford, Clare.

Description

192 pages.

Summary

This new book will present over 80 of the finest and most historic pieces. New photography will be accompanied by full details and a commentary. Starting with the unique medieval Crystal Sceptre of 1420, seen only at the inauguration of the Lord Mayor and at Coronations, the regalia includes several famous items, notably the sixteenth-century gold and enamel Chain of SS, the great Mace of 1735-36 and the Pearl Sword, carried before the Sovereign on visits to the City. The silver-gilt and silver, used constantly during the year, includes pieces by some of the greatest names of English silversmithing Paul de Lamerie and Paul Storr, for example but also by rarer more modern masters Latino Movio and Omar Ramsden masterpieces previously completely unknown to silver historians. 00Though intended to introduce the collection as well as the history of the Lord Mayors, the City guilds and Mansion House itself, and the formation of the collection to a broad audience, the book will be of interest to specialists in silver, who will discover many masterpieces of style and technique.

Series Statement

Treasures of Mansion House ; 3

Uniform Title

Treasures of Mansion House ; 3.

Subject

• Mansion House (London, England)
• Insignia > London
• Cultural property > London
• Cultural property
• Insignia
• Insignier
• Guldsmedskonst
• England > London

ISBN

• 190737289X
• 9781907372896

LCCN

2016387272

OCLC

• 929592866
• SCSB-5834084

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries