Special Silver Conference
A Winterthur Silver Symposium
American Silver of the Early Nineteenth Century
in conjuction with the exhibition
Silversmiths to the Nation:
Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner
1808-1842
Friday & Saturday, September 5 & 6, 2008
Symposium Schedule | Speaker/Instructor Bios
Workshops | Registration | Lodging
SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
All lectures will be held in Copeland Lecture Hall (located in the
Visitor Center). All workshops will take place in the museum or the
research building.
Friday, September 5
9:00-9:15 am INTRODUCTION: Silver collection and research at Winterthur,
context of the Silversmiths exhibition
J. Thomas Savage, Director of Museum Affairs, Winterthur
9:15-10:15 am Ambitious Appetites: Achieving Splendour, 1800 to 1840
Philippa Glanville, Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths
and former Chief Curator of Metalwork, V & A, London, England
10:15 - 10:45 am MORNING BREAK
10:45 - 11:45 am Making and Marketing Luxury Goods in Early Nineteenth-Century
England
Beth Carver Wees, Curator of American Decorative Arts, The Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York, NY
11:45 - 12:45 pm City in the Republic: Philadelphia After the Revolution
Cathy Matson, Professor of History, University of Delaware, Newark,
DE
12:45-2:00 pm LUNCH
2:00-3:00 pm Early Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia Silver and Silversmiths
David L. Barquist, The H. Richard Dietrich, Jr. Curator of American
Decorative Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
3:00 - 4:00 pm Nineteenth-Century American Flatware Technology and
Design
D. Albert Soeffing, independent scholar, author, and instructor in
the NYU Appraisal Studies Program, New York, NY
4:00-4:30 pm AFTERNOON BREAK
4:30 - 5:30 pm Styles in American Jewelry of the Nineteenth Century
Janet Zapata, independent scholar and decorative arts consultant,
Short Hills, NJ
5:30-7:30 pm RECEPTION (Galleries Reception Area)
Saturday, September 6
9:00-10:15 am WORKSHOP SESSION I
10:30-11:00 am MORNING BREAK
11:00 - 11:45 am Patriots and the Ancients: Fletcher & Gardiner's
Presentation Silver and Gold
Ann Wagner, Associate Curator of Decorative Arts, Winterthur Museum,
DE
11:45 - 12:30 pm Silver for the Nation: Fletcher & Gardiner's
Household Silver
Donald L. Fennimore, Curator Emeritus, Winterthur Museum, DE
12:30 - 1:30 pm LUNCH
1:00 - 4:00 pm Special silversmithing demonstration in the Rotunda
Stephen Smithers, silversmith, Ashfield, Massachusetts
Steve's demonstration will include a survey of the history of silversmithing,
from the earliest working of silver around the world through the modern
day. He will focus on American silversmithing from the first silversmiths
of Boston, New York, and Philadelphia through the emerging technology
of the early nineteenth century, with particular attention given to
the works of Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner of Boston and Philadelphia.
The presentation will include a demonstration and discussion of the
numerous tools of the trade, and the techniques employed by the master
silversmiths of America.
1:45 - 3:00 pm WORKSHOP SESSION II
3:15 - 4:30 pm WORKSHOP SESSION III
