178 Pages
by
Routledge
178 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1961, The English Silver in the Kremlin explores the history of English silverware gifted to the Russian Kremlin during diplomatic exchanges between 1557 and 1663. In the year 1880 it became known that the Moscow Kremlin contained the largest collection of Elizabethan and Early Stuart silver visible in one place. Charles Oman, in the autumn of 1958, was the first person from... Read more
Acknowledgements List of Authorities Cited Preface 1. The Uses of Magnificence 2. Background to the Plate 3. The Gifts Brought by the Embassies 4. The Other Routes to Moscow 5. The Unaccounted Pieces 6. The Sources of the Gifts Epilogue Appendix I Appendix II Index
Biography
Charles Oman
