French silver in the J. Paul Getty Museum
"This illustrated book catalogues the J. Paul Getty Museum's collection of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French silver"--
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| Language: | English |
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Los Angeles
J. Paul Getty Museum
2023, 2023©2023
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| Edition: | First edition |
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: J. Paul Getty as a Silver Collector and the Formation of the Museum's French Silver Collection
- Note to the Reader I: Stamps and Marks
- Note to the Reader II: Historic Units of Measure and Currency
- Catalogue
- Water Fountain (Fontaine), transformed from a Water Flagon (Buire)
- Lidded Bowl (Écuelle couverte)
- Pair of Tureens, Liners, and Stands (Paire de terrines, doublures et plateaux)
- Pair of Decorative Bronzes: Sugar Casters in the Form of Cane Field Laborers (Sucriers à poudre en forme d'ouvriers des champs de canne)
- Two Sugar Casters (Deux sucriers à poudre)
- Pair of Lidded Tureens, Liners, and Stands (Paire de pots à oille couvertes, doublures et plateaux)
- Tray for Lidded Beakers (Gantière pour gobelets couverts)
- La machine d'argent, or Centerpiece for a Table (Surtout de table)
- Sauceboat on Stand (Saucière sur support)
- Two Girandoles (Deux girandoles)
- Maker Biographies
- Appendix: Silver Alloy Analysis by X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy / Jessica Chasen, Arlen Heginbotham and Julie Wolfe
- Includes bibliographical references