Welcome to the Silver Society of Canada


Welcome to the Silver Society of Canada

The Silver Society of Canada counts collectors, dealers, auction house- and museums personnel to its membership. Our mission is to further knowledge about antique and modern silver. You find news and articles here on the home page and many more articles in Archives. If you would like to contribute, please contact Dorothea Burstyn - dburstyn@rogers.com

 

 

David McKinley: The Influence of the Harache Family of Silversmiths in London,Read more

The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford received the Michael Wellby donation of 480 objects which all could have been part of a Kunst-und Wunderkammer, as they are showpieces of princely collecting. To see more, please watch the You-tube video: http://youtu.be/mJnw9P9b9l8

Plain or Fancy? Restraint and Exuberance in the Decorative Arts, an exhibition curated by Gerald Cantor and Ellenor Alcorn, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, for more info, please access:http://www.metmuseum.org/en/exhibitions/listings/2013/plain-or-fancy

The V&A new exhibition "Treasures of the Royal Courts:Tudor, Stuarts and the Russian Tsars" will run from 9 March  to 14 July 2013, an interesting symposium on the subject will be held on 14/15 June 2013, for its program and to sign up, click here

 

The Mrs. How Collection of early spoons is going to be sold at Christie's London, 4th June, 2013, read more

Exhibition at the V&A, London: Michael Lloyd Twelve Vessels, until - July 7,2013

Room 66, The Whiteley Galleries