Silver in the Roman, Early Byzantine and Sasanian Worlds by J... - 9780861592395

Silver in the Roman, Early Byzantine and Sasanian WorldsStudies Based on the British Museum Collection of Silver Plate\nAuthor(s): Janet Lang, Paul Craddock\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: British Museum Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: British Museum Press\nISBN-13: 9780861592395, 978-0861592395\nSynopsis\nThe British Museum holds one of the most extensive collections of Late Antique silver plate in the world, from Britain, Europe, the Mediterranean and Iran. These objects have featured in a number of major exhibitions and publications, but very little has been published on how the manufacture of these objects developed over time and their overall cultural and social significance. Using unpublished scientific data, this volume presents new insights into the manufacture and decoration of silver plate in Late Antiquity from Britain to Iran, including the extraction of silver metal, workshop traditions and the recycling of older material. One area of focus is how the adoption of silver f.