The Waddesdon bequest : catalogue of the works of art bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild, M.P., 1898
A British Museum catalogue of 1902, printed by order of the Trustees, recording the works of art bequeathed by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild, who died in 1898. The plates are photographs of individual objects set on plain grounds, many shot sideways on the page. The pictures show a gilt-metal cup and cover, a pendant of pierced ornament hung with pearls and a baroque pearl, a hinged set of carved roundels with narrative scenes, and a row of covered cups. A designer could take sculptural silver and goldsmith ornament, scrollwork and figural relief from them.
