Throughout the 17th and early 18th centuries, the English silver industry grew at an unprecedented rate. Fueled by the expansion of the middle class, which could afford to purchase household items made out of precious metals for the first time, a new market for silver objects came into existence.
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•  1700
    Beginning of the Industrial
    Revolution in Western Europe
•  1702-1713
    War of Spanish Succession
•  1703-1770
    Francois Boucher (French)
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