Australian Gold and silversmiths Marks by Jolyon Warwick James.
Hardback, 297 x 210 mm, 88 pages, ISBN 978-0-646-99639-4. £45 (Silver Society members £ 35), Air Mail postage ex Australia £25. Available from jolyonwjames@gmail.com From the records of the Sydney Hall Mark Co and the Commonwealth of Australia Hall Mark Co, 1923 to 1928. It is not [Read More]
Georg Jensen: Scandinavian Design for Living. Alison Fisher (ed.)
Yale University Press, 2018. £40. ISBN 978-0300232998. A beautifully illustrated look at how Georg Jensen pushed the boundaries of modern domestic design. In 1904 Danish silversmith Georg Jensen (1866-1935) founded one of the world’s most celebrated design companies.
The Museum and the Factory; The V&A, Elkington and the Electrical Revolution by Alistair Grant and Angus Patterson
ISBN 9781848222915, 160pp, hardback, £30.00 The book reveals a great untold story of enterprise and innovation based on the relationship between the Victoria and Albert Museum and Elkington & Co. Elkington played a crucial role in shaping and building the V&A’s permanent collection from its foundations in [Read More]
The Goldsmiths of Dublin, Six Centuries of Achievement by Douglas Bennett
ISBN 9780950548869, 106pp, full colour, hardback, €25.00 available from Four Courts Press, 7 Malpas Street, Dublin 8, Ireland. info@fourcourtspress. The history of Dublin’s goldsmiths is described in this important book, which charts the history of the Dublin Company of Goldsmiths from the Middle Ages to the present. [Read More]
Stuart Devlin: Designer Goldsmith Silversmith, edited by Carole Devlin and Victoria Kate Simkin
ISBN 9781851498727, Hardback Publisher ACC Art Books, Pages: 528, £75.00 Stuart Devlin was a pioneer goldsmith who rejected the anonymity of corporate design during the 1960s. He adapted old techniques and devised many new ones. His commissions include those for the Royal Households, cathedrals, the armed forces, [Read More]
Laurent Amiot. Canadian Master Silversmith by René Villeneuve in partnership with the National Gallery of Canada.
During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the making of silver objects was a major creative practice. Among the silversmiths working during the period Laurent Amiot is notable for his reputation in the field and the scale of his production. This book accompanies the exhibition that starts in [Read More]