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Britannia and Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars
Irina Zagarodnaya
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Description for Britannia and Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars
Hardback. Accompanying an exhibition of English silver in the Moscow Kremlin Museums, where sixteenth- and seventeenth-century silver is housed. The silver items - a large water pot with snake-shaped flagon shaped like a leopard, and more - exemplify the developing ties between England and Russia. Num Pages: 288 pages, 45 black-&-white illustrations + 200 colour im. BIC Classification: AFKG; WCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 248 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1606.
This superbly illustrated book accompanies an exhibition of thirty objects from the exceptional collection of English silver in the Moscow Kremlin Museums, where the world’s greatest surviving group of English sixteenth- and seventeenth-century silver is housed. Much of the silver from this period was melted down during the English Civil War, making the pieces at the Kremlin exceedingly rare and historically important.
The silver items—a large water pot with snake-shaped handle and spout, a flat drinking cup, a magnificent flagon shaped like a leopard, and more—exemplify the developing ties between England and Russia. Some pieces were brought to Russia as ... Read more
This superbly illustrated book accompanies an exhibition of thirty objects from the exceptional collection of English silver in the Moscow Kremlin Museums, where the world’s greatest surviving group of English sixteenth- and seventeenth-century silver is housed. Much of the silver from this period was melted down during the English Civil War, making the pieces at the Kremlin exceedingly rare and historically important.
The silver items—a large water pot with snake-shaped handle and spout, a flat drinking cup, a magnificent flagon shaped like a leopard, and more—exemplify the developing ties between England and Russia. Some pieces were brought to Russia as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300116786
SKU
V9780300116786
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Ref
99-1
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