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Historical Archive: Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin
Museum of Decorative Arts
Berlin Museums, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin


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Enger reliquary, late 8th c., KGM. This object has its own page.
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Guelph Cross; gold, silver gilt, gems, pearls, enamel, and niello on wood core; Milan bef. 1045 or central/south Italy, early 12th c; KGM W1. This work has its own page
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Enger cross, gold and gems, c.1100, workshop of Roger von Helmarshausen, KGM 88,635. This work has its own page.
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Christ in Majesty from a book cover, enamel, c.1175-1200 Limoges, KGM 08.38. Not available at higher resolution.
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mounted knight facing left: candle-stick, Lotharingia? late 12th c., KGM 85.56
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mounted knight facing right: candle-stick, Lotharingia? late 12th c., KGM 85.56
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candle-stick in the form of a mounted knight from Mühlhausen/Thuringia, Niedersachsen? 13th c., KGM F139
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lion-head door knocker from Wissen an der Sieg, Rheinland (Cologne?) c.1220-30, KGM K4273
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bowl with Tristan story, Limoges enamel c.1250-75, KGM 1917,101, which has its own page
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ivory mirror case with courtly couples, Paris c.1300-30, KGM F 1337
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reliquary St. Blaise, silver gilt/gems/enamel, Braunschweig? 1325-50, KGM W 30, which has its own page
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plenary of Otto the Mild, 1339 reusing chessboard 1300-30, KGM W 32, which has its own page
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Fantastic animal aquamanile: dog/horse/lion/bird of prey, copper alloy, mid 14th c. Germany, lion-head spouts later, KGM 1890,70.
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Fantastic animal aquamanile, oblique view
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Fantastic animal aquamanile, front with triple tongue
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Fantastic animal aquamanile, back
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front of an oak chest with heraldic and fantastic beasts, Lower Saxony c.1380, KGM 1884,1688
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griffin aquamanile, copper alloy, Nürnberg 15th c., KGM 90,429
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griffin aquamanile, oblique from back
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griffin aquamanile, profile head with three-part mouth
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Jonah and the whale drinking horn, buffalo horn and silver, Germany 15th c., KGM K3886, which has its own page
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Falconer brooch, gold/enamel/sapphire/pearl, early 15th c., KGM F 1364
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Falconer brooch, profile
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Falconer brooch, back
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St. Sebastian, silver, Germany late 15th c., KGM F 1277 m
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arm reliquaries, painted wood with horn inserts, late 15th-c. Brunswick, from Guelph Treasure; left: One of the Thousand Saintly Warrions, KGM W41
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footed beaker with Creation, enameled mold-blown glass, Venice c.1490, KGM 1935,51, which has its own page
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centaur pendant, gold/enamel/ruby/emerald/diamond/crystal/pearl, Italy 16th c., KGM 1855,1099
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pea-pod prayer beads, boxwood, Adam Dircksz workshop, c.1500-35, KGM F 2497
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pea-pod prayer beads, center bead: Nativity
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pea-pod prayer beads, profile view
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glass vessel in form pistol, pewter stopper, Bohemia/Silesia 17th-18th c., KGM W-1971.116
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skeleton knife grip, bronze, 17th-18th c.? KGM F 4890
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skeleton knife grip, upper part
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covered cup with allegory of Africa, zebu horn, circle of Georg Pfründt c.1680, KGM K 3429, which has its own page
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dressing table, satinwood/bronze/glass, Charles Plumet and Tony Selmersheim 1896-97, KGM 1897,232
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dressing table, oblique view
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thistle flower flagon, horn/glass, René Lalique 1898-1900, KGM 1900.6020
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butterfly woman grille, cast bronze, René Lalique 1899-1900, KGM 1901.111
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butterfly woman grille, oblique view of woman
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butterfly woman grille, wing detail
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mountain ash necklace, gold/enamel/sapphire, René Lalique 1900-02, KGM 1903,108
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mountain ash necklace, center part
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mountain ash necklace, left part
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Gorgon brooch, gold/opal/nephrite/jasper/emerald/pearl, Wilhelm Lucas von Cranach, Berlin 1902, KGM LG 147
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Gorgon brooch, center
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wicker chair, Henry van de Velde 1904-08, KGM O-1970.22
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wicker chair, sharper oblique angle from right
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wicker chair, profile from right