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Catalogue >Decorative Arts >  The Courtauld Silver The Courtauld Silver Online price: £7.95 / €11.93 An introduction to the work of the Courtauld family of goldsmiths JF Hayward 64 pages, 37 mono illustrations, cloth, 250 x 205 mm ISBN 0 85667018 9 | Online price £8.95  The Courtauld silver collection, unique of its kind, was built up from 1950 onwards by Courtaulds plc, now part of Akzo Nobel. The collection comprises pieces by three generations of 18th-century London silversmiths, members of the Huguenot Courtauld family and ancestors of Samuel Courtauld, after whom the Courtauld Institute of Art is named. Designed for domestic use and display, the items range in date from 1710 to 1779 and demonstrate the quality of workmanship and innovative design skills brought to England by Huguenot refugee craftsmen.