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Ancient and modern gold and silver smiths' work in the South Kensington Museum (1878)

Victoria and Albert Museum, Pollen, John Hungerford, 1820-1902 · London : Printed by G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode ... and sold by Chapman & Hall · leaf 146

An illustration from Ancient and modern gold and silver smiths' work in the South Kensington Museum, 1878, leaf 146
23-14TH CenturyChalice,No 233, p. SS- worked, and were ufed by goldfmiths to giverichnefs and efl^ed to their work. The pafl:oral fi:aves, which, before the Invention of thetranfparent enamelling that belongs to this time of finer em-boffing and engraving had been bold but fimple in fhape, werenow… … 25. 15TH Century Chalice,No, 2102, p. 100. with plates of filver-gilt or of gold, thecurved heads were longer, and colouredwith beautiful enamelling. The architec-tural type, fo unlikely to fuit a ftaff, wasufed in the ornamented heads or knops,from which the curves fpring with greateffedl,…

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