Brass, Pewter & Cutlery in the Collections
Objects from the V&A's brass, pewter and cultery collections.
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Caring for your pewter & tinware
An overall set of basic guidelines for caring for your pewter and tinware. It describes the difference between the two materials and how to care for each individually.
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Brass, Pewter & Cutlery Reading List
Recommended reading about brass, pewter and cutlery
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Caring for Your Metal Objects
How to care for your metal objects, from identifying the metals and other materials, spotting immitations, identifying common problems and how to clean them.
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A gift in your will
You may not have thought of including a gift to a museum in your will, but the V&A is a charity and legacies form an important source of funding for our work. It is not just the great collectors and the wealthy who leave legacies to the V&A. Legacies of all sizes, large and small, make a real difference to what we can do and your support can help ensure that future generations enjoy the V&A as much as you have.
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Medieval Jewellery: In Europe 1100-1500
Jewellery hasalways been of central importance to all human societies, but medieval jewelleryis relatively less well-known. This book draws on the imp…
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