Edgcumbe, Richard (Deputy Curator, Metalwork Department, Victoria & Albert Museum)
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Hardback
458 pages
16 Colour Plates, 139 B&w Illustrations, Bibliogra
Published: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN / EAN: 0198172249
The "Virtuoso chasers" of 18th-century London are studied in this history of English goldsmithery and horology. The book looks at gold boxes and watch cases, the structure of the profession, the prominent craftsmen of the period and the development "Roco
