Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 221
Fig. 169.—Pax; Italian; Sixteenth Century. (S. K. M.) Briot in pewter that are still in existence. These pewtermodels were usually made by goldsmiths, no doubt, as 202 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. models for their gold and silver work, or in some caseswere casts taken from the finished works, and kept… … Fig. 170.—Pendant, attributed to Cellini, in the Library at Paris. works, and were also sold to those whose means would notpermit them to indulge in the more costly gold and silverplate. Briots pewter models are among the best examples METAL WORK. 203 of design and workmanship in metal of the…
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