Sentence examples for number of connoisseurs from inspiring English sources

Not too long ago, the figures of Venus and Cupid asleep in a shell carved inside the receptacle and the silver gilt mount possibly supplied in the mid-17th century would essentially have appealed to a small number of connoisseurs collecting Kunstkammer objets d'art.

"You get wine connoisseurs, you get cheese connoisseurs, now there is a growing number of chocolate connoisseurs.

The request left a number of professional connoisseurs stumped.

A more fundamental reason for the dwindling numbers of wealthy connoisseurs tempted by subtle masterpieces by Old Masters lies in the radical change of perception.

Antony Sher fronts the cast of Radio 4's Number 10 Connoisseurs of New Labour propaganda, if there are such people, are in for a treat over the next few weeks.

"A growing number of consumers want to be connoisseurs".

While there are no records of production numbers, Lalique connoisseurs generally agree on the relative importance of the pieces.

Knowing its value made Brooklyn regulars a society of connoisseurs.

The cabbies observed it with the critical eye of connoisseurs.

After 3 weeks, the team counted the number of surviving shrimp and did a taste test with 30 connoisseurs.

Haggling over the number of scales along the lateral line is for rug traders, not for connoisseurs of fine food.