Silver Society Attingham Scholarship in memory of Timothy Arthur Kent

Are you interested in English country houses? Their owners, their silver, furniture, porcelain, libraries and gardens? And are you free to attend a 16 day residential course (28 June – 13 July), travelling across England with like-minded professionals from around the world? Then The Attingham Summer School needs you! And the Silver Society is delighted to announce a fully-funded scholarship for the 2025 Summer School, made possible by the generous bequest of scholar and collector Timothy Arthur Kent.

The scholarship will cover the full residential course fee (however the successful candidate must cover their own transport costs to/from the start point). Applications are open to members and non-members of the Silver Society alike – so please do pass this along to any interested parties.

Scholarship Eligibility Criteria:

Applicants must be resident in the UK but can be of any nationality.
Applicants must be professionally or academically involved in the world of silver.

Applications must be made through the Attingham Trust website by 31st January 2025, completing the scholarship application section at the bottom of the course application form opting in to be considered for the Silver Society scholarship.

Please note that the Silver Society scholarship is not yet listed on the main course page, but is mentioned in the section on ‘Scholarships’.
For any enquiries, please contact sabrina.silva@attinghamtrust.org directly.

Finally, the successful applicant will be required to write an article of around 500 words for the autumn issue of the Silver Society newsletter.

Robert Barker Bequest Grant

The Silver Society received a generous legacy in the will of noted silver researcher, Robert Barker. The terms of the will state that the legacy should be used to encourage original research in the field of ‘eighteenth-century silversmiths from Great Britain, its colonies and possessions and their works’.

The Robert Barker Bequest will fund grants to individuals to assist with costs associated with research in these fields. Grant amounts will vary depending on the project but will not exceed £5000 and are not intended for projects involving commercial profit.

Grant applications should include an abstract of the proposed research, an academic reference and detailed budget.

Grantees will be expected to submit the results of their research to the Silver Society in the form of a paper, which may be published in the Society’s Journal. They may also be invited to speak at future Silver Society meetings and conferences.

For further information about applications and conditions, please contact the Secretary on Secretary@thesilversociety.org