Silver in the Roman, Early Byzantine and Sasanian Worlds: Studies based on the British Museum Collection of Silver Plate

Late Antiquity silver plate reveals how mining, manufacture, and exchange shaped wealth, technology, and art.

The British Museum holds one of the most extensive collections of Late Antique silver plate in the world, from Britain, Europe, the Mediterranean and Iran. These objects have featured in a number of major exhibitions and publications, but very little has been published on how the manufacture of these objects developed over time and their overall cultural and social significance. Usin...