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An Elizabethan dichroic glass casting bottle, now in a North American museum Click on picture for more information. One of a pair of Boulton & Fothergill ewers, now at Temple Newsam House, Leeds Click on picture for more information. Silver-gilt cup by Thomas Heming, 1759, now in the Royal Ontario Museum Click on picture for more information. Charles I recusant chalice, now in a private collection Click on picture for more information.
Charles II wager cup, now in the Gans Collection Click on picture for more information. Regency silver-gilt charger, now in a North American museum Click on picture for more information. The Culloden beaker, now in a private collection Click on picture for more information. Charles II coronation bell, now in the Gans Collection Click on picture for more information.
 
Christopher Hartop provides a comprehensive service to museums and collectors in buying, selling and appraising important antique silver and works of art. A former Executive Vice-President of Christie’s, he has thirty-five years’ experience in the silver world. He has in recent years negotiated a number of important museum acquisitions, as well as curating several significant exhibitions. He has written numerous books and articles. He served as Chairman of the Silver Society from 2002 to 2003 and from 2008 to 2011.

He is also a well-known lecturer and broadcaster who has been a regular on PBS’s Antiques Roadshow since its inception. He recently appeared in the BBC series Made in Britain. Look out for him this Easter in the forthcoming BBC2 programme Pride and Prejudice: The Ball, where he works with the food historian Ivan Day to recreate the Netherfield Ball supper using silver, Sheffield Plate and porcelain of the period to dress a Regency table. Click here to see some pictures.

 

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