Handbücher der Königlichen Museen zu Berlin: Gold und Silber
This German museum handbook, Gold und Silber, was written by Julius Lessing with contributions from the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin, published in 1892 for museum visitors and collectors of decorative metalwork. Its engravings show ornate covered cups, goblets and tazze in gold and silver, with dense relief bands of figures, foliage and scrollwork that a designer could study for historicist ornament and vessel silhouettes.
