Silver and Gold

Unique Australian Objects

Exhibition
25 Jun 2017 – 26 Aug 2018
Gold jewellery inlaid with pearls

Henry Steiner, Pendant/brooch and pair of ear pendants set, in fitted case, c.1870, purchased 2012.

About

Silver and gold: unique Australian objects 1830–1910 showcases exceptional 19th and early-20th century Australian silver and gold objects drawn from the National Gallery of Australia’s significant collection of colonial decorative arts and design. The theme of this exhibition is celebration, with objects marking significant personal, community and professional achievements and milestones, or displays of prosperity and artistic accomplishment. Silver and gold reveals the exceptional skills of Australia’s earliest professional craft practitioners and their compelling narratives of Australian social and commercial history and includes presentation, ceremonial and testimonial pieces, jewellery and functional tableware, displayed within themes of Sport, Agriculture, Goldfields, Defining moments, Dining and Achievement.

Curator: Dr Robert Bell, Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Design

Text sourced from: Silver & Gold : Unique Australian Objects 1830-1910. Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 2017.

Touring Dates & Venues

Touring Dates & Venues

  • Museum of the Goldfields, WA
    4 Feb – 25 June 2017
  • Murray Bridge Regional Gallery, SA
    21 July – 27 August 2017
  • Hamilton Art Gallery, VIC
    7 October – 26 November 2017
  • Royal Australian Mint, ACT
    15 Dec 2017 – 8 April 2018
  • Tamworth Regional Gallery, NSW
    20 April – 10 June 2018
  • Ipswich Art Gallery, QLD
    16 June – 26 August 2018

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