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Published by John Adamson for Koopman Rare Art  March 2014 56 pp. including a fold-out 47 illustrations of which 45 in colour 9 1/2 × 7 3/8 in. (241 × 186 mm) ISBN 978-1-898565-13-0 Paperback £20.00 US$35.00

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Summary A magnificent array of antique silver objects from England, France and Italy is presented in this unusual catalogue. Its tablet-like format signals the crucial role played today by state-of-the-art electronic media in the service of silver collecting. Among the silversmiths whose work features in the book are: Edward Feline; Paul de Lamerie; Lewis Mettayer; Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers; Rundell, Bridge & Rundell; Paul Storr, and David Willaume II. Each object is given a full technical and historical description. Paul Storr’s great dinner service made for Sir John Gladstone, father of the former prime minister, is also given several pages of illustrations, while the Italian Renaissance tazza with central figure of Vespasian made for Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini is discussed at length. A panoramic view of a selection of items from the Gladstone Dinner Service is shown in a colourful fold-out. Although eye-catchingly like a computer tablet in format, this is still very much a printed book A panoramic view of a selection of items from the Gladstone Dinner Service is shown in a colourful fold-out