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The curious course of silver through human history unfolds in this rich andengaging book accompanied by striking illustrations from the British Museum. Philippa Merriman takes the reader back to the earliest uses of silver iningots and coins dowries hoards and college plate. She shows us how silverdemonstrated statuswhether for an individual as ornament furnishings and astore of wealth or for a society as grave decor civic regalia and ritualgoods. And she traces the long and fascinating history of silvers service aspersonal adornmenton heads hands wrists ears legs and feet and asaccessories ranging from swords and baldrics to snuffboxes walking sticksfans and chatelaines. From the practical aspects of working silver to itsrole in magic myth and ritual in cultures as disparate as the Vikings and theBedouins of North Africa this exquisite book offers a full and fittingreflection of this precious metals power to move us. «
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