British Museum Research Publications

British Museum Research Publications

The Research Publications series publishes the results of research undertaken by Museum staff and associated researchers.

These can be in the form of excavation reports, collection catalogues, monographs and conference proceedings. The aim of the series is to make the Museum's research as widely accessible as possible, with a number of books available for free download in pdf format.

Originally called Occasional Papers, the series has been published since 1978 with over 200 books in print. Around six titles are published each year, and all are externally peer reviewed.

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    A Rothschild Renaissance A New Look at the Waddesdon Bequest in the British Museum
    (2017)
    Shirley, Pippa
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    Thornton, Dora
    In 1898, Baron Ferdinand Rothschild bequeathed to the British Museum the contents from the New Smoking Room at his home at Waddesdon Manor, a collection of nearly 300 objects to be known as the Waddesdon Bequest. The Bequest contains some of the most beautiful examples of medieval and Renaissance craftsmanship, including exquisite pieces of jewellery, silver plate, painted enamels of Limoges, glass, maiolica and microcarvings in boxwood. To coincide with the opening of the new gallery supported by the Rothschild Foundation, a conference was held at the British Museum. Subjects included new attributions for sculptures, a detailed discussion of the making and marketing of forgeries by Salomon Weininger, Frédéric Spitzer and Alfred André, the legal and tax issues surrounding bequests in the late 19th century as well as new research on jewellery. This publication presents these findings and through up to the minute scientific and academic research, positions the Waddesdon Bequest within a wider intellectual and historical context for the first time.
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