History of the Silver Galleries at the V&A
The galleries the Silver collection is now displayed in was the Victoria and Albert Museum’s original Ceramic galleries. These were restored in 1995-6.
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Room 65: British Silver Pre-1800
On show here is the enormous, flamboyant table centrepiece made by Nicolas Sprimont in 1747 for the Earl of Ashburnham, a baby’s silver rattle with an attachment of coral f…
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Room 66: Silver Discovery Area
The Silver Discovery Area is located in Room 66. Here you can make your own hallmark, touch silver objects or explore x-rays. There is also a Discovery Wall with objects to…
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Room 67: British Silver, 1800 to early 1900s
Room 67 contains a wide range of silver from the 1800s through to the early 1900s. The objects on display here have been grouped according to different themes, styles and t…
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Room 68: Modernist to Contemporary Silver
Room 68 is devoted to silver of the last hundred years. There are thematic displays illustrating silver from the post-war period, the inter-war years, the Jazz Age as well …
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Room 69: European Silver
Room 69 includes sumptuous displays of European silver created between 1400 and 1800. In the centre of the room are display boxes, divided into the popular styles of the pe…
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Room 70: Early silver
Silver and gold from the late 15th to the 19th centuries from Britain, Continental Europe and India make up the collection, room 70 houses the early silver collection.
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Room 70a: Silver Galleries entrance
Room 70a is the entrance to the Silver galleries which begin in Room 65. At the centre of this room is an electrotype copy by Elkington & Co. of a silver-gilt leopard creat…
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Room 71: Huguenot, Regency and Virtuoso silver
This impressive collection not only provides a broad picture of the development of silver styles and techniques in Europe through the centuries, but represents the work of …
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Room 83: Sacred Silver & Stained Glass
The richness or simplicity of the vessels used in Christian worship displayed in the sacred silver reflect the different theologies behind them. The stained and painted gla…
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Rooms 83-84: Sacred Silver & Stained Glass
The richness or simplicity of the vessels used in Christian worship, displayed in the Sacred Silver room, reflect the different theologies behind them. Objects in the stain…
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Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Hardcover)
This superbly illustrated book accompanies an exhibition of thirty objects from the exceptional collection of English silver in the Moscow Kremlin Mus…
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Thu 20 June 2013 17:45
SYMPOSIUM: Join the graduating History of Design Masters students at the V&A/RCA as they showcase new work in Design History around the themes of 'Space, Trace, Identity, Body, Materials'.
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