A descriptive catalogue of the bronzes of European origin in the South Kensington Museum (1876)
South Kensington Museum, Fortnum, C. Drury E. (Charles Drury Edward), 1820-1899 · London : Printed by G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode and sold by Chapman & Hall · leaf 469
nd gilt. Fragmenttop of a prefentoir ; pear-fhaped. Three fmall hooks, inform of eagles heads, expand from the lower end, or clofe, onturning the fcrew above. It has been held by a figure, thehand of which ftill remains near the head of the fcrew. Italian.16th or 17 th century. L. i\ in. Bought,… … I Salt Cellars, It is fafhioned as a pentagonal plinth, with ogee and fquare bafe Italian.moulding, and ftanding on knob feet. Each fide is as a funken panelbearing a medallion, caft from an imperial Roman coin, furrounded withleafage ornament. Thefe coins are of Vitellius, Vefpafian,…
South Kensington Museum · Bronzes, European
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