Take part in a day-long symposium devoted to new scholarly research on the production, use, and consumption of silver in North, Central and South America at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The day’s sessions will address silver from Central and South America, the incorporation of international influences into the work of early nineteenth-century silversmiths, including the role of St. Louis as a cultural crossroads, and an exploration of the international context of twentieth-century silver, with examinations of silver at the World’s Fairs and the Danish style in America.

This symposium will coincide with the publication of Silver of the Americas, 1600-2000, a catalogue of the silver acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, since 1972. The book includes key works from colonial Massachusetts, from Central and South America, as well as works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The day will conclude with a panel discussion by the book’s authors and a reception, and will allow time for audience questions and discussion.

Speakers will include: