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Silver in Antwerp.(exhibition )(Brief article)

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| November 01, 2006 | Kramer, Miriam | COPYRIGHT 2006 Brant Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The province of Antwerp in Belgium has a long and interesting history of gold and silver production. Much that was manufactured in what was a flourishing silvermaking region in the Middle Ages was lost in the many wars that later ravaged the area. By the sixteenth century, the Flemish baroque style was well established and had a strong influence on, for example, English silverware.

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The Zilvermuseum Sterckshof, a museum devoted entirely to silver was established in 1992 in the city of Antwerp. There, an exhibition that runs until January 7 explores three hundred years of silvermaking and collecting in this region and includes works from its own and neighboring collections. Beginning with a chased silver and coconut hanap--a covered goblet--in the form of an owl, of 1548-1549, one of the oldest objects ...

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