| AntiquityPre-MycenaeanSilver was used in
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| | Antioch and Alexandria, remained the
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| ancient Italy and Greece for personal
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| | common method of decoration for silver
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| ornaments, vessels,jewellery,arrows,
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| | articles until the end of the Roman
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| weapons and coinage. It was inlaid and
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| | Empire.A lot of Roman silverware was
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| plated. It was also mixed with Gold to
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| | buried during the violent last centuries
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| produce white gold as well as being mixed
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| | of the ancient world. The largest, the
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| with baser metals.Examples of ancient
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| | Boscoreale treasure (mostly in the
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| jewelry were found in Queen Pu-abi's tomb
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| | Louvre), was accidentally saved by
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| at Ur in Sumeria(now called Tall
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| | the same volcanic eruption that
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| al-Muqayyar), dating from 3000 BC. In the
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| | destroyed Herculaneum and killed Pliny in
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| crypt the queen's body was covered with
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| | AD 79. A slightly smaller hoard found at
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| jewellery made from gold, silver, lapis
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| | Hildesheim (now in Berlin) also belongs
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| lazuli, carnelian,agate and chalcedony
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| | to the early empire. The acquisition and
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| beads.Aegean lands were rich in precious
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| | appreciation of silver plate was a sort
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| metals. The considerable deposits of
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| | of cult in Rome. Technical names for
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| treasure found in the earliest
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| | various kinds of reliefs
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| prehistoric strata on the site of Troy
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| | were in common use (emblemata, sigilla,
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| are not likely to be later than 2000 BC.
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| | crustae.) Weights were recorded and
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| The largest of them, called Priam's
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| | compared and frequently exaggerated.
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| Treasure, was a large silver cup
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| | Large quantities of bullion came to Rome
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| containing gold ornaments consisting of
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| | from their battle victories in Greece
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| elaborate diadems or pectorals, six
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| | and Asia during the 2nd century BC.Early
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| bracelets, 60 earrings or hair rings, and
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| | Christian and ByzantineThe earliest
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| nearly 9,000 beads. Silver was widely
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| | Christian silverwork closely resembles
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| used in the Greek islands however only a
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| | the pagan work of the period and uses of
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| few simple vessels, rings, pins, and
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| | the techniques of embossing and chasing.
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| headbands survive. Mycenaean and
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| | The design is sometimesclassical,
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| Minoan.Three silver dagger blades were
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| | decorated with pagan scenes.Most of the
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| found in a communal tomb at Kumasa.Silver
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| | silver has been found in Syria, Egypt,
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| seals and ornaments of the same age were
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| | Cyprus, Asia Minor,and Russia. It is
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| also found in these regions. A silver cup
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| | mostly chalices, censers, candlesticks,
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| found in Gournia dates to circa 2000.
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| | and bowls and dishes. The techniques of
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| Some vases and jugsfrom Mycenae are also
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| | chasing and embossing were often
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| made of silver. Some of the Mycenaean
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| | employed, but abstract patterns and
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| blades are bronze inlaid withgold, ,
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| | Christian symbols inlaid in niello were
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| silver, niello and electrum.Bronze to the
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| | also used. The 6th and 7th centuries saw
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| Iron AgeEngraved and embossed silver
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| | the appearance of imperial control
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| bowls made by Phoenicians have been found
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| | stamps,- early forerunners of
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| in Greece. Most of them have elaborate
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| | hallmarks.Middle AgesCarolingian and
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| pictorial designs of Egyptian or Assyrian
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| | OttonianIn the last quarter of the 8th
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| character and therefore probably foreign
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| | century the design focused on
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| to Greece.However some simpler types,
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| | the human figure and the use of niello
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| decorated with rows of animals and
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| | (chip-carving technique.)Examples are the
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| flowers,can hardly be distinguished from
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| | Tassilo Chalice (umlnster Abbey, Austria)
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| the first Hellenic products. A silver
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| | and the Lindau Gospels book cover
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| bowl from around the 5th century BC can
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| | (Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
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| be found inthe Metropolitan Museum of Art
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| | City).Most influential silver design was
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| showing a fine flower style.Silver vases
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| | commissioned by Royalty or the
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| and toilet articles have been found
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| | church.Liturgical plate and reliquaries,
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| beside the more common bronze in Etruscan
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| | altar crosses, and the like underwent no
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| tombs. For example, a chased powder box
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| | fundamental change; Ottonian work of the
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| of the 4th century BC in the Metropolitan
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| | later 10th and 11th centuries can be
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| Museum of Art.RomanDuring the 4th century
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| | distinguished from that of the 9th only
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| BC, the trend of ornamenting silver
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| | in the development of style. For example,
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| vessels with relief was revived. This
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| | the larger, more massive figures, with
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| type of work, elaborated in the
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| | their strict pattern of folds, on the
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| Hellenistic Age and particularly at
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| | golden altar (c.
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