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Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)

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Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1855), founder of the house of Rothschild; lithograph by Friedrich Lieder, c. 1830.

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Figure 167: Sterling silver knife, fork, and spoon, designed by Georg Jensen, Copenhagen, 1916.

Georg Jensen

Danish silversmith

Silver coffeepot by Hester Bateman, 1773–74; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Hester Bateman

British silversmith