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egg, for example), and figurines and cups worked in precious metals. Thornton has a
gift for detailed, vivid descriptions that could almost substitute for the glorious illus-
trations of the Waddesdon objects, even though the illustrations are essential to the
success of the publication. Enhancing her descriptions are exacting comparisons with
analogous objects in other collections. The notes to the introduction and catalogue en-
tries offer essential primary and secondary documentation and, although the prove-
nance information is supplied in the narrative, rather than telegraphically as in most
catalogues, it is certainly adequately presented. Unarguably, this book makes a signif-
icant contribution to the study of the history of collecting and of oft-neglected catego-
ries of art, and will be of value to scholars and connoisseurs for years to come.
Inge Reist, Center for the History of Collecting, Frick Art Reference Library