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Historical Archive: Metalwork
not including medallions, coins, or seal matrices
Berlin Museums, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin


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Roman hare fibula, bronze/enamel, c.150-200, Trier or Folklingen, SMB
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bow fibula, silver/garnet, 6th c., SMB MVFg IIc 2762
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Byzantine ring, gold/enamel/sapphire, 6th-7th c., SMB
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Byzantine ring, bezel
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ring, silver/garnet, 6th-7th c., poss. fr. Marchélepot, SMB MVFg Va 5041
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two people flanking Tree of Life, bronze buckle fr. Marchélepot, c. 550-600, SMB MVFg
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2-horse fibula, bronze, 7th c., fr. Bad Kreuznach, SMB MVFg Ii 1757
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Enger reliquary, late 8th c., SMB KGM. This object has its own page.
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bronze buckle, 11th-13th c. north France, SMB
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Guelph Cross; gold, silver gilt, gems, pearls, enamel, and niello on wood core; Milan bef. 1045 or central/south Italy, early 12th c; SMB KGM W1. This work has its own page
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Enger cross, gold and gems, c.1100, workshop of Roger von Helmarshausen, SMB KGM 88,635. This work has its own page.
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Christ in Majesty from a book cover, enamel, c.1175-1200 Limoges, SMB KGM 08.38. Not available at higher resolution.
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mounted knight facing left: candle-stick, Lotharingia? late 12th c., SMB KGM 85.56
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mounted knight facing right: candle-stick, Lotharingia? late 12th c., SMB KGM 85.56
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candle-stick in the form of a mounted knight from Mühlhausen/Thuringia, Niedersachsen? 13th c., SMB KGM F139
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lion-head door knocker from Wissen an der Sieg, Rheinland (Cologne?) c.1220-30, SMB KGM K4273
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bowl with Tristan story, Limoges enamel c.1250-75, SMB KGM 1917,101, which has its own page
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reliquary St. Blaise, silver gilt/gems/enamel, Braunschweig? 1325-50, SMB KGM W 30, which has its own page
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plenary of Otto the Mild, 1339 reusing chessboard 1300-30, SMB KGM W 32, which has its own page
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Fantastic animal aquamanile: dog/horse/lion/bird of prey, copper alloy, mid 14th c. Germany, lion-head spouts later, SMB KGM 1890,70.
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Fantastic animal aquamanile, oblique view
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Fantastic animal aquamanile, front with triple tongue
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Fantastic animal aquamanile, back
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griffin aquamanile, copper alloy, Nürnberg 15th c., SMB KGM 90,429
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griffin aquamanile, oblique from back
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griffin aquamanile, profile head with three-part mouth
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Jonah and the whale drinking horn, buffalo horn and silver, Germany 15th c., SMB KGM K3886, which has its own page
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Falconer brooch, gold/enamel/sapphire/pearl, early 15th c., SMB KGM F 1364
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Falconer brooch, profile
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Falconer brooch, back
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St. Sebastian, silver, Germany late 15th c., SMB KGM F 1277 m
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centaur pendant, gold/enamel/ruby/emerald/diamond/crystal/pearl, Italy 16th c., SMB KGM 1855,1099
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skeleton knife grip, bronze, 17th-18th c.? SMB KGM F 4890
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skeleton knife grip, upper part
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butterfly woman grille, cast bronze, René Lalique 1899-1900, SMB KGM 1901.111
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butterfly woman grille, oblique view of woman
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butterfly woman grille, wing detail
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mountain ash necklace, gold/enamel/sapphire, René Lalique 1900-02, SMB KGM 1903,108
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mountain ash necklace, center part
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mountain ash necklace, left part
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Gorgon brooch, gold/opal/nephrite/jasper/emerald/pearl, Wilhelm Lucas von Cranach, Berlin 1902, SMB KGM LG 147
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Gorgon brooch, center
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undated ring; cross of the order of St. John, 19th c.? SMB