Table of Contents

Foreword His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Introduction Philippa Glanville; The Business of Luxury; At the Sign of the Golden Salmon; 'The First of Its Kind in the Empire'; A Patriotic Age: Rundell's and Their Gold Box Suppliers (by Charles Truman); '... the most splendid collection of jewels ... in Europe ...'; 'A Manufactory on a large and liberal plan': The Lure of Egypt (by David Watkin); 'Ten thousand ounces of sterling silver monthly'; Our 'greatest patron & best friend': George IV and Jewellery (by Diana Scarisbrick); George IV and the Grand Service (by Matthew Winterbottom); The Great Accumulator; An Imperial Style; Naturalism and Exoticism; The Final Years; Bibliography; Index

About the Author

Christopher Hartop's books include: The Huguenot Legacy (1996); East Anglian Silver (2004); A Noble Feast (2008); The Classical Ideal (2010), A Noble Pursuit (2010); and Norfolk Summer: Making The Go-Between (2011).

Reviews

'[M]uch-needed ...'--Silver Studies; '[W]onderfully illustrated, with well written and thought out essays by leading scholars; it brings our knowledge of these royal goldsmiths up to date.'--Spencer Marks