Diplomats, Goldsmiths and Baroque Court Culture: Lord Raby in Berlin, The Hague and Wentworth Castle
Editors: Patrick Eyres and James Lomax
Lord Raby’s celebrated silver wine cistern was saved for the nation after a major appeal in 2011. It was part of the spectacular group of silver provided by the government for his important embassy to Berlin (1705-1711). He received even more silver as ambassador to the Dutch Republic (1711-1714) when he was Britain’s co-negotiator of the Peace of Utrecht. This book explores the political contexts to Lord Raby’s embassies; the craftsmanship, ritual function and cultural politics of Baroque court Goldsmiths’ work in England, Germany and Holland; as well as the influence of Prussia and peacemaking on the architecture, collections and gardening of Lord Raby’s Wentworth Castle estate in Yorkshire, which he had acquired in 1708.
Contents:
~ Patrick Eyres and James Lomax. Diplomats, Goldsmiths and Baroque Court Culture: Lord Raby in Berlin and at Wentworth Castle.
~ Alfred Hagemann. The Cultural Milieu of the Berlin Court of Frederick I.
~ Michael Charlesworth. Lord Raby’s Prussians: Art, Architecture and Amour, 1703-1713.
~ Patrick Eyres. Lord Raby’s Embassies and their Representation at Wentworth Castle.
~ James Lomax. The Ambassador’s Plate.
~ Jet Pijzel-Dommisse. Ambassadorial plate, embassies and the Dutch court.
~ Philippa Glanville. Goldsmiths and Diplomats in Baroque Europe.
~ Ellenor Alcorn. Silver and the Early Hanoverians.
~ James Lomax. Baroque Silver Fountains, Cisterns and Coolers in England.
~ Christopher Hartop. German Silver in England.
~ Jane Furse. Lord Raby and his Scientific Instruments.