James Rothwell studied art history at Warwick University and gained a Master's Degree at the Courtauld Institute of Art. He has worked for the National Trust since 1995 and is the organisation's adviser on silver, carrying out extensive research on the collections and guiding displays, interpretation and acquisitions. He has published numerous articles on the subject and is the co-author of Country House Silver from Dunham Massey (2006). In collaboration with the Goldsmiths' Company he has overseen a ground-breaking series of exhibitions of works by contemporary silversmiths in National Trust houses.
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter One - Silver patronage during the restoration in the early 18th century: John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol
Chapter Two - Silver for the international stage: the 2nd Earl of Bristol
Chapter Three - Perquisite plate and the later career of the 2nd Earl of Bristol
Chapter Four - Survival against the odds: the Ickworth silver after 1775
CATALOGUE
Part 1 Silver of the 1st Earl of Bristol
Part 2Silver of Lord and Lady Hervey
Part 3 Silver of the 2nd Earl of Bristol
Part 4 Silver of the 4th Earl of Bristol
Part 5 Silver of John Augustus, Lord Hervey
Part 6 Silver of the 5th Earl and 1st Marquess of Bristol
Part 7 Silver of the 2nd Marquess of Bristol
Part 8 Silver of the 3rd Marquess of Bristol
Part 9 Silver of the 4th Marquess of Bristol
APPENDICES
1: References to silver and gold in the 1st Earl of Bristol's accounts
2: Suppliers or repairers of silver and gold in the 1st Earl of Bristol's accounts
3: References relating to the Ickworth silver in Goslings and Hoare's bank ledgers up to 1775
4: Documents relating to the 2nd Earl of Bristol's diplomatic plate
5: List of plate belonging to the 5th Earl and 1st Marquess of Bristol
Hervey family tree
Bibliography
Photography credits and copyright
Index
