Synopses & Reviews
This is the first comprehensive survey of the New York Historical Society's superb collection of early American silver. It features the full range of silver works, from masterpieces like the 1772 salver by New York City silversmith Lewis Fueter, to the teapot made by Albany silversmith Kiliaen Van Rensselaer in 1695and#8212;one of the earliest teapots made in New York.
Review
"Stories in Sterling: Four Centuries of Silver in New York is an engrossing slice of history as told through one of the most treasured metals. Anyone with a love of silver, an admiration for creativity or an interest in New Yorks great history will want to own this beautiful book. It portrays stunning objects, brilliantly photographed and brought to life through eminently readable stories about the notables for whom they were commissioned and the talented craftsmen who made them." Donald Fennimore, Curator Emeritus at Winterthur Museum
Review
and#147;It will be one of your favorite books on antique silver!and#8221; Jeff Herman,
Society of American Silversmithsand#147;helps to fill out a picture of the history of New York by providing a close-up of what were often its residentsand#8217; most precious possessionsand#8221; Nancy Hervey-Bathurst, The Art Newspaper
and#147;a model of useful scholarshipand#8221; Stephen May, Antiques and the Arts
and#147;Belongs on the shelf of any student of American silver or material cultureand#133;and#8221; Dean Six, Silver
and#147;To see one of the countryand#8217;s most historically compelling silver collections without leaving home, read Stories in Sterlingand#8221; Doris Athineos, Traditional Home
"Anyone with a love of silver, an admiration for creativity or an interest in New Yorkand#8217;s great history will want to own this beautiful book" Donald Fennimore, Curator Emeritus at Winterthur Museum
"Stories in Sterling will serve as a standard for the Societyand#8217;s collection for decades to come" Jeanne Falino, Adjunct Curator, Museum of Arts and Design
"Will undoubtedly become one of the standard reference books on American silver" Beth Carver Wees, Curator of American Decorative Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
"Stories is superb in every sense" Gerry W.R. Ward, The Katharine Lane Weems Senior Curator of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Synopsis
The first comprehensive survey of the New-York Historical Societyand#8217;s superb collection of early American silver.
About the Author
Margaret K. Hofer is curator of Decorative Arts at the New-York Historical Society, where she has organized numerous exhibitions, including
A New Light on Tiffany (2007), which she co-authored.
Debra Schmidt Bach, associate curator at the New-York Historical Society organized the exhibition The Grateful Dead: Now Playing at the New-York Historical Society(2010).
Kenneth L. Ames is professor of American Decorative Arts and Material Culture of the 18th and 19th-centuries at the Bard Graduate Center, New York. His publications include Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition and Death in the Dining Room and Other Tales of Victorian Culture (1995).
David L. Barquist is curator of American Decorative Arts at Philadelphia Museum of Art, and a scholar on colonial New York silver. He is the author of Myer Myers Jewish Silversmith in Colonial New York(2001).