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Silver and Banqueting in Malta
Mark Micallef
Silver and Banqueting in Malta was one of two publications produced in connection with the exhibition The Silver of Malta. The book is divided into three parts, with the first section including an interesting study of the use of silver objets d'art as used in banquets throughout the centuries. Silver is here also examined in a multitude of ways; through paintings, documents and also traditional functions practised in the Maltese Islands. This section also provides the reader with an in-depth analysis of the silversmiths working on the island, as well as an essay on the new assay marks.
The second part of this book pays homage to the memory of Chev Victor Fredrick Denaro (1896-1982), the scholar who pioneered the study of antique Maltese silver. This section also gives a historical background of the exhibition venue, the Palace of the Grand Masters in Valletta.
CONTENTS
PART I – ESSAYS AND RECENT FINDINGS
The Banquet Table on Canvas
Mark Micallef
Maltese and Other Silver at St. John’s Gate, London
Pamela Willis
The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths
Rosemary Ransome-Wallis
Feasting and Fasting in Malta at the Time of the Knights
Giovanni Bonello
The Silversmith Simon Provost in Malta
Giovanni Bonello
Three Silversmiths of Malta
Alfred Zahra de Domenico
The Silversmith Salvatore Falzon
Albert Ganado
New Light on Assay Marks on Maltese Silver 1530-1798
Jimmy Farrugia
Coats-of-Arms and Assay Marks of the Grand Masters
Adrian Strickland
The Treasure of the Conventual Church of St John at Malta
Charles Oman
Update
John Azzopardi
PART II - THE VICTOR DENARO MEMORIAL SECTION
An Appreciation
Maltese Silver and the Red Hand of Ulster
Maltese Silver Coffee-Pots
The Hand of St John the Baptist
PART III - THE SILVER OF MALTA EXHIBITION
The Palace of the Grand Masters
Laws, Regulations & Documents
Index
