The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 181
by theexample of the great, descended to the lower ranks of society. Silver platesoon displaced that of tin ; and before long personal display had attainedsuch a height, that the wife of a merchant wore on her person more jewelsthan were seen on the image of the Virgin. The number of the… … Fig. 142.—Chased and Enamelled Brooch, embellished with Pearls and Diamonds. (Seventeenth Century.) religious art prevailed; goldsmiths were engaged only in making shrines,reliquaries, and church ornaments. At the end of that, and during thefollowing century, they manufactured gold and silver…
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