Silver
Join Dr Ada de Wit, former Curator of Works of Art and Sculpture at the Wallace Collection, as she explores some of the highlights of the silver collection.
Find out more in this online talk, in which Ada and her guest, Dirk Jan Biemond, Curator of Metalwork at the Rijksmuseum, discuss how Sir Richard Wallace and the Rijksmuseum acquired their remarkable silver collections, focusing on examples of Dutch silver.
Inspired By Nature
Join Félix Zorzo, Curatorial Assistant at the Wallace Collection, for an introduction to a mesmerising early 18th-century writing-desk, which was displayed in our 2022 exhibition, Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts.
To learn more, join Félix 's Letting Nature In talk, in which he discusses how decorative art pieces at the Wallace Collection reflect 18th-century interests in the natural world, as French designers, sculptors and craftsmen sought inspiration from nature for their innovative creations in the Régence and Rococo styles.
Two Painted Enamel Plates from Limoges
Join Suzanne Higgott, former Curator of Glass, Limoges Painted Enamels, Earthenwares and Renaissance Furniture at the Wallace Collection, and take a closer look at two jewel-like painted enamel plates made in Limoges in the sixteenth century. For more, watch the Joseph Plates talk, where former keeper in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Dr Julia Poole, discusses the 'Joseph Plates' and artists who made them.
The Gold Cups of Eternal Stability
Follow Ada de Wit, former Curator of Works of Art and Sculpture at the Wallace Collection, as she examines a pair of Chinese gold cups and their role in the celebration of the New Year at the Qianlong Emperor’s Court. For more information about these ritual objects, their cultural context and the use of kingfisher feathers in decoration, catch up with Ada's latest talk, where she is in conversation with Dr Qin Cao, Senior Curator of Chinese, Korean, Himalayan and Mongolian collections at the National Museum of Scotland.
The Ground Colours of Sèvres Porcelain
Delve into the wide range of ground colours used by the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory in eighteenth-century Paris with former Curatorial Assistant Félix Zorzo. From deep blue to bright pink, the intensity and variety of colours with which Sèvres artisans covered their creations set them apart from competitors, and helped establish a particularly French style.
Venetian Glass in the Wallace Collection
Join Suzanne Higgott, former Curator of Glass, Limoges Painted Enamels, Earthenwares and Renaissance Furniture at the Wallace Collection, as she explore the Venetian Glass of the Wallace Collection and the history of its popularity with nineteenth-century collectors in two exciting entries into the series.
Riesener in the Nineteenth Century
Join Dr Helen Jacobsen, former Curator of French Eighteenth-Century Decorative Arts at the Wallace Collection, as she explores Riesener's masterworks currently housed at the Wallace Collection, as well as the appetite for Riesener's craftsmanship in the nineteenth-century Collector's market.
