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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 170

An illustration from Ancient and modern gold and silver smiths' work in the South Kensington Museum, 1878, leaf 170
nts, fuch as brooches, bells,and other objeds for ecclefiafticalufe, was profufely decorated withembofilng, engraving, enamel, andprecious ftones. This hammer,72. 266, defcribed among thecafts, was made for the jubilee of1550. It would be difficult to faywhether France, Flanders, Spain,or Germany… … 35- cxliv IntroduBion. workfhops. He^^ hlmfelf bears wltnefs to the abundance andexcellence of their ecclefiaftical metal work, Imagery, and tableplate, unfurpafTed in other countries. The artifts who fucceeded Cellini made numbers of jewelscompofed of precious ftones, misfhaped or baroque pearls,…

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