Texas Silver

$34.99 at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

This publication highlights twenty-seven silver objects from the William J. Hill collection, ranging from tankards and cups to forks, knives, spoons that would have graced the tables of Texans in the nineteenth century. Objects in the Hill collection have tangible links to the early history of Texas. Three of the early vessels in the collection are latter-day examples of 18th-century camp cups used in military settings, such as the famous set Richard Humphreys of Philadelphia made for George Washington in…