A Noble Pursuit: English Silver from the Rita Gans Collection at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Volume 2

by Christopher Hartop

Book Overview

In 1997 Rita Gans generously gave the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts an outstanding array of English silver from the collection she and her late husband, Jerome, had amassed over some thirty years. Thanks to the munificent gift in 2010 of more stunning silver collected by her during the past thirteen years, the museum is home to one of the most important collections of English silver in the United States. Using examples from the Gans Collection,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0917046900
• ISBN13: 9780917046902
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.7" x 11.4"