In 1933, Virginia P.B. White, one of the founders of the Baltimore Museum of Art, donated 200 pieces of Maryland-made silver, initiating what has become a focal point in the Museum’s American collection. Today the BMA houses more than 1,500 pieces of silver, including a near-encyclopedic collection of Maryland examples from 1780 to 1850. Many were made by immigrant artisans who brought their talents as silversmiths with them from Europe. The BMA also holds imposing English silver owned by Maryland families during the colonial and Federal periods. Over the years, fine American and European examples from the late 19th and early 20th centuries have been added, widening the collection’s range while maintaining the high standard of quality set by the initial gift. Today’s visitors can examine Maryland silver within a rich, international context in multiple locations throughout the American Wing. Here in Willow Brook parlor- configured and decorated in neoclassical tradition- we invite visitors to compare a variety of silver forms, all inspired by an enduring interest in the classical past.