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Historical Archive: Fourteenth- to fifteenth-century secular metalwork
other than rings
Blanche de Champagne from la Joie-Notre-Dame, Hennebont (Morbihan), copper on walnut, Limoges 1286-early 14th c., Louvre OA 2082. For details see Louvre.
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ewer: silver gilt metalwork 14th, 17th, and 18th c.; rock crystal, Paris mid 14th c.; Louvre OA 62A
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rock crystal ewer, France? 14th c.; silver gilt metalwork France, 14th-17th c.; Louvre OA 29. This work has its own page.
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lilly crown of King Sigmund of Hungary, gold? and gems, 14th c., HNM. For detail see HNM.
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enameled gold 14th-c. mount reworked 1793, with c.25-50 CE sardonyx cameo of Jupiter with eagle (Camée de Chartres), CdM Chab. 4. For detail see CdM.
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Annular brooch, 14th c. Hungary. Gold, emeralds, pink/blue sapphires, pearls. AIC, loan fr. BM AF.2702
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weather vane, wrought iron 14th c., arms of Rondinelli family, from parish Church of Santa Maria, Arezzo MS
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bronze spigot, France? 14th c.? Cluny Cl. 23734
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iron chandelier fr. Jondal in Hardanger, "Gothic" (14th c.?), Bergen. For detail see Bergen.
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Halberstadt city seal matrix, bronze, c.1300, SMBMünz 18239309, which has its own page
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unicorn aquamanile, bronze, Hildesheim c.1300-25, Cluny Cl. 2136
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chessboard 1300-30 reused in plenary of Otto the Mild, KGM W 32, which has its own page
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gryphon gripping knight, copper alloy aquamanile fr. Strinda, c.1300-1350, Bergen MA 67. For oblique and detail views see Bergen.
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Andernach city seal matrix, silver, by 1308, SMBMünz 18239319, which has its own page
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gold bulla of Louis IV the Bavarian, 1328, SMBMünz 18239302
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golden rose, Minucchio of Siena 1330, Cluny Cl. 2351, 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, KGM 1890,70. For other views see Berlin.
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belt hook (clavendier): silver, silver gilt, and enamel, Netherlands late 14th c., CMA 1977.28
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brooches: gold, silver gilt, and pearls, French, late 14th c., CMA 1961.400-404
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reliquary with pilgrim/secular badges, wood and tin alloy, late 14-early 15th c., Tournai, treasury of Nôtre-Dame. This work has its own page.
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vise, iron, 15th c. Germany, PMA 1931-30-38a. For other views and details see PMA.
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belt hasp, copper alloy, 15th c., MAHSD
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griffin aquamanile, copper alloy, Nürnberg 15th c., KGM 90,429. For other views see Berlin.
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Jonah and the whale drinking horn, buffalo horn and silver, Germany 15th c., KGM K3886, which has its own page
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Triton aquamanile, bronze, 15th c. Braunschweig, Hermitage. For detail see Hermitage.
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couple, key hook, bronze, France? 15th c., Pushkin
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young man, key hook, bronze, France? 15th c., Pushkin
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children discovered by hunters, copper/enamel, Italy 15th c., Cluny Cl. 13069
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aquamanile in the form of a gryphon, copper alloy, Nürnberg c.1400, Louvre
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Falconer brooch, gold/enamel/sapphire/pearl, early 15th c., KGM F 1364. For other views see Berlin.
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aquamanile in the form of a horse, copper alloy, Nürnberg c.1400-50, Met 47.101.53 loaned to PMA. This object has its own page.
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part of a candlestick from Jászágó (Hungary), bronze? 1st half of 15th c., HNM
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archive cabinet fr. Oberingelheim, pine/beech/iron, first half 15th c., Darmstadt Kg 60:18. For detail see Darmstadt.
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Hallmarks plaque, copper, Rouen 1408, Cluny Cl.3451. This work has its own page.
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parade helmet crest, copper gilt, c.1430-70, Arezzo MS, which has its own page
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salt cellar, gold metalwork probably Jaquet de Chiefdeville, 1462, Paris; jasper bowl mid 15th c.; Louvre MV 127. This work has its own page.
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Hat badge with head of John the Baptist, 1475-85: gold, carnelian, enamel. AIC 1992.301
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miniature silver shield badge with St. Sebastian, late 15th c. Hesse/Th¨ringen, Darmstadt Pl 36:84
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Sitten/Sion, 1/4 Dicken coin, 1499-1522, HMF
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Sitten/Sion, Batzen coin, 1499-1522, HMF
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