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  • n  decorative work made of silver

  • When the designer died in 1928, he left Glasgow a legacy of masterly buildings such as the city's School of Art, tastefully decorated tearooms, elegant furnishings, fine silverwork .
  • From the porcelain, etchings, and gold-and silverwork at the Atheneum, it is evident that rococo was a way of life, abandoned, whimsical, undemanding.
  • The curators of this show have not stinted on what one might call the oo-ah side--the gold- and silverwork, the enamels and tiny carvings, the intricate chalices and aquamaniles .
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  • Berlin museums, Jewish heirs in dispute over art
    BERLIN (AP) — It's a medieval treasure trove worth an estimated quarter of a billion dollars, filled with gold crosses studded with gems and intricate silverwork. For years, it's been at the center of a dispute between a Berlin museum foundation and the heirs of Holocaust-era Jewish art dealers.
    Jan. 15, 2014 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
  • Who owns the art in Berlin museums?
    It's a medieval treasure trove worth an estimated quarter of a billion dollars, filled with gold crosses studded with gems and intricate silverwork. For years, it's been at the center of a dispute between a Berlin museum foundation and the heirs of Holocaust-era Jewish art dealers.
    Jan. 15, 2014 - Denver Post
  • Berlin museums battle Jewish heirs over disputed art
    It's a medieval treasure trove worth an estimated quarter of a billion dollars, filled with gold crosses studded with gems and intricate silverwork. For years, it's been at the center of a dispute between a Berlin museum foundation and the heirs of Holocaust-era Jewish art dealers.
    Jan. 15, 2014 - Fox News

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