Alison FitzGerald

Silver in Georgian Dublin

Making, Selling, Consuming

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book considers the demand for silver goods in Georgian Ireland from the perspectives of makers, retailers and consumers. It discusses the practical and symbolic uses of silverware, interpreted through contemporary guild accounts, inventories, trade ephemera and culinary manuscripts

Produktdetails

• The Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 173mm x 245mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 538g
• ISBN-13: 9780367200220
• ISBN-10: 0367200228
• Artikelnr.: 57004632

Autorenporträt

Alison FitzGerald is a Lecturer in the Department of History at Maynooth University, Ireland

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 The Business of Becoming a Goldsmith in Eighteenth-Century Dublin
2 Goldsmiths and Market Forces in Eighteenth-Century Ireland
3 Shopping for Plate in Dublin and London
4 Silver and Its Meaning in Georgian Ireland
5 The Silver Trade in Post-Union Ireland
Conclusion