Wimpole History Festival: James Rothwell - Silver

Saturday 23 June 2018
Grand Dining Room - Wimpole Estate
International politics in the eighteenth century were played out at the dining table as much as on the battlefield.

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James Rothwell, the National Trust’s adviser on silver and author of Silver for Entertaining: The Ickworth Collection, explores the vast and lavishly ornamented silver collection at Ickworth in Suffolk, which played a critical role in the diplomatic armoury of Britain’s most senior ambassador during the Seven Years War.
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12:00 - 13:00