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Historical Archive: Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century metalwork


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ewer: silver gilt metalwork 14th, 17th, and 18th c.; rock crystal Paris mid 14th c.; Louvre OA 62A
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skeleton knife grip, bronze, 17th-18th c.? KGM F 4890. For detail see Berlin.
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cast lead reliquary, frontal, poss. Westphalia, 18th c., DMP G1.7. For other views see DMP.
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Altneuschul, Prague, prayer hall chandeliers 18th-19th c. This work has its own pages.
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1747 plaque on font exterior, in Ravenna, Orthodox baptistery, which has its own pages.
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powder flask, cowrie shell and brass, Germany c.1750, PMA 1977-167-929
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powder flask, cowrie shell and brass, Germany c.1750, PMA 1977-167-929
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cast iron grille, Guillaume Doré 1762, Sens Cathedral
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chalice with enamel panels, silver gilt? János Szilassy, Lőcse (Levoča) 1777, MAAB
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chalice with enamel panels, silver gilt? János Szilassy, Lőcse (Levoča) 1777, MAAB
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coffee pot, silver gilt and niello with ebony? Moscow 1777, MAAB
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coffee pot, silver gilt and niello with ebony? Moscow 1777, MAAB
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Mantel clock with priestess and Cupid sacrificing to Venus, Joseph Buzot c.1780, gilded bronze, ebony, porcelain, and glass, UMMA 2001/2.82. This work has its own page.
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Altar: center structure bronze door 1784, in Ravenna, Orthodox baptistery, which has its own pages.
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composite with Roman cameos, Luigi Valadier 1785, Louvre MR 46, which has its own page
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frame: miniature portrait of Catherine the Great, late 18th c. Russia, MAAB
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undated ring; cross of the order of St. John, 19th c.? SMB
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frame: miniature portrait of Empress Josephine, Daniel Saint 1805-06, MAAB
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clock in the form of The Oath of the Horatii (aft. Jacques- Louis David), bronze gilt and marble, clockwork: Le Roy, early 19th c., Musée Carnavalet Paris
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cross, candlesticks 1810: Upper chapel, Palais du Tau, Reims
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Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot (1763-1850), Soup tureen 1819, gilded silver, IMA 1997.129A-C
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Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot (1763-1850), Soup tureen 1819, gilded silver, IMA 1997.129A-C
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Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot (1763-1850), Soup tureen 1819, gilded silver, IMA 1997.129A-C
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Henry IV as child, silver 1824, François-Joseph Bosio, Louvre C.C. 37. This work has its own page.
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clock in the form of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, 1830-45, Musée Carnavalet Paris
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clock in the form of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, 1830-45, Musée Carnavalet Paris
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silver gilt and glass reliquary, 1833 with relics from Ste. Chapelle, Paris; held by St. Louis, linden wood, A. Carvin 1927; Sens CT
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St. Louis holding the Crown of Thorns, linden wood, A. Carvin 1927; with silver gilt and glass reliquary, 1833 holding relics from Ste. Chapelle, Paris; Sens CT
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plaque with hair of Napoleon, silver/gilt/bronze, France 1840s, Hermitage UM-30876. For details see Hermitage.
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reliquary with hair of Marie Antoinette, silver and crystal, Musée Carnavalet Paris OM 1677
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reliquary with hair of Marie Antoinette, silver and crystal, Musée Carnavalet Paris OM 1677
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model chalice, design Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, made by John Hardman Co., England c.1849. Gilt metal, enamel, stone. AIC 1981.640
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mid-19th c. gold ring with 1st c. intaglios, p.c., which has its own page
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1850 Richard Melvin sundial on 12th-c. capital fr. Canterbury cathedral, CHM. For the capital see CHM.
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Reliquary triptych, 1850-61: copper, copper gilt, enamel, gems on wood. V&A 7947-1862
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Crucifixion, crystal intaglio (unengraved reverse), c.825-950, on triptych 1850-61, V&A 7947-1862
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Reliquary, Viollet-le-Duc design, made by Louis Bachelet 1851, gilt bronze on wood, AIC 2016.118. This work has its own page.
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1870/71 capital, Bernward Column, Hildesheim, which has its own page.
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Chartres cathedral, reliquary Placide Poussielque-Rusand 1876. For context see Chartres.
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fox-shaped watch fob, gold, probably late 19th century, p.c. This object has its own page.
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Louis Comfort Tiffany, parts from Henry O. Havemeyer House, New York, 1890-c.1903, UMMA. Parts from this building have their own page.
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Diana weather vane, copper sheets, Augustus Saint-Gaudens 1892-94, PMA 1932-30-1
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Diana weather vane, copper sheets, Augustus Saint-Gaudens 1892-94, PMA 1932-30-1
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Diana weather vane, copper sheets, Augustus Saint-Gaudens 1892-94, PMA 1932-30-1
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Ferdinand Hartzer 1893, bronze St. Bernward, seen from vestibule of North Paradise, Cathedral, Hildesheim, which has its own pages
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bellows from G. Woodman smithy, leather/iron 1898, Ewell. For other views see Ewell.
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butterfly woman grille, cast bronze, René Lalique 1899-1900, KGM 1901.111. For other views see Berlin.
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pendant with chain, R.J. Lalique, Paris c.1900, MAAB
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pendant with chain, R.J. Lalique, Paris c.1900, MAAB