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Historical Archive: Silver and silver gilt, c.1250 to 1580s

See also 10th c. to c.1250 for undifferentiated 13th century.


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reliquary pendant: rock crystal/silver gilt/enamel/glass, Cologne c.1250-1300, Schn G392. For other views see Schn.
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reliquary crown, silver gilt and gems, Mosan c. 1260-70, Louvre OA 9445. For details see Louvre.
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reliquary of SS. Maxian, Lucian, Julian, fr. Sainte Chapelle, silver gilt, Paris 1261-62, Cluny Cl. 10746. For detail see Cluny.
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reliquary capsule, silver gilt, Trier poss. c.1270, Schn G645. For box see Schn.
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arm reliquary of St. Pantaleon, Rhenish late 13th c., gilded silver, WAM 57.688. This work has its own page.
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panel reliquary, oak/horn/silver gilt/polychrome, late 13th c., poss. Cologne, Schn E216. For details see Schn.
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reliquary of St. Lawrence's finger, late 13th to early 14th c. France, copper and gilded silver, Louvre
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14th-c. seal matrix, convent of St. Vitus at Elten am Rhein, silver, SMBMünz 18239326, which has its own page
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reliquary apple, 14th c. France, silver, niello, and gilt, Louvre OA 6712. For other views see Louvre.
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14th-c. mount in silver and gems as reliquary, ivory situla: 2nd quarter of 12th c. Rhineland, MRAH 2. For ivory see MRAH.
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silver seal ring with Roman carnelian intaglio, 14th c., HNM K. Kiss 23, which has its own page
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Lebuinus chalice, silver gilt 14th c., Utrecht ABM bi787, which has its own page
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14th-15th c. silver seal ring with 1st c. BCE prase intaglio, HNM K.16.1871.7, which has its own page
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rock crystal ewer, France? 14th c.; silver gilt metalwork France, 14th-17th c.; Louvre OA 29. This work has its own page.
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Virgin and Child, stone (shale/schist?)/silver, 14th c., Novgorod AM
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pendant reliquary with Annunciation from Guelph Treasure, silver gilt, Brunswick 1300-25, PMA 1931-24-1. For another view see PMA.
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gilded silver: St. George arm reliquary, Prague 1300-25, Prague Castle HS 03343. This work has its own page.
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silver/chalcedony ring with AVEMARIA, from grave prob. 1302, OHM C4547a, which has its own page
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Andernach city seal matrix, silver, by 1308, SMBMünz 18239319, which has its own page
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Virgin of Jeanne d'Evreux, silver gilt/enamel, 1324-39, Louvre MR 342, which has its own page
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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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Muhammad ibn al-Zayn, Baptistère de Saint Louis, Egypt or Syria c.1330-40, silver and other inlay on bronze, Louvre LP16. This work 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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processional cross with holder, silver/enamel/rock crystal/copper gilt, c.1350, cross Spain, enamel poss. Germany, PMA 1949-40-4. For full work and other details see PMA.
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ciborium monstrance, silver gilt/rock crystal/enamel, c.1350-75, DMP PR109, which has its own page
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Volkašin/Vukasin Mrjavčevic of Serbia silver dinar obverse, 1368-71: Christ enthroned, NBM
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Volkašin/Vukasin Mrjavčevic of Serbia silver dinar reverse, 1368-71: inscription, NBM
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3 Towers Reliquary, silver gilt 1370-90, AachenCT. This work has its own page.
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belt hook (clavendier): silver, silver gilt, and enamel, Netherlands late 14th c., CMA 1977.28
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brooches: gold, silver gilt, and pearls, French, late 14th c., CMA 1961.400-404
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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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angel reliquaries from the treasury of the Order of the Holy Spirit (left with stamp of Toulouse), silver gilt with paint, France 15th c., Louvre MR 551, 550. These works have their own page.
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15th c. Novgorod silver gilt mount with Christ Pantokrator, 12th c. Byzantine jasper cameo, Novgorod AM
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15th c. Russian? mount with Christ Pantokrator cameo, jasper?, 13th c Byzantine?, Novgorod AM
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silver frame of altar stone 15th c.: Abdinghof portable altar, DMP PR50, which has its own page
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reliquary of Pont-Saint-Esprit, 1429, wood/silver gilt: SS Caesarius, Blaise. Musée d'art sacré du Gard. For detail see Pont-Saint-Esprit.
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Weddeghe Velstede, silver gilt reliquary monstrance 1433, with Fatimid crystal, AIC 1962.91. This work has its own page.
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Ivan Arip, 1435: Panagiarion, silver gilt, which has its own page, Novgorod AM
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arm reliquary of St. Babylas from Guelph Treasure, silver and silver gilt on oak core, Brunswick 1467, PMA 1951-12-1. For other views see PMA.
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Holy Family reliquary, Hans Greiff, Ingolstadt 1472, silver, silver gilt, paint, gems, pearls, Cluny Cl. 17048. This work has its own page.
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Arm reliquary Charlemagne, c.1481, silver gilt/gems/enamel, AachenCT. This work has its own page.
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St. Sebastian, silver, Germany late 15th c., KGM F 1277 m
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Reliquary, ostrich egg with silver gilt, late 15th-early 16th c. Tournai, MRAH Ag. 319
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Martyr Paraskeva of Rome, gold foil under glass cabuchon/silver gilt/mother of pearl, Novgorod 16th c., Novgorod AM
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Our Lady of the Sign, Deesis, saints: bone/silver gilt/turquoise/glass, 16th c., Novgorod AM
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pendant with life of Christ, silver? and ivory, Athos 16th c., Schn B122
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Deesis, Annunciation, saints: bone/silver gilt/base metal, 16th c., Novgorod AM
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Our Lady of the Sign pendant, silver/rock crystal/pearl/glass/wood, 16th c. Novgorod, Novgorod AM
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Wittenberg University seal matrix: Elector Friedrich III of Saxony, silver, 1502, SMBMünz 18239333
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Processional cross, silver? attributed to Jos. Som of Ueberlingen (1506-63), Freiburg im Breisgau, Münster treasury. For crystal see Frieburg.
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Maximilian I, silver 3 Guldiner, Antwerp 1517 (dated 1509), SMBMünz 18203549
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Apocalypse medal, Hans Reinhart the Elder 1539, silver, Pushkin Bec 54, 13r
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Woman clothed with the sun: silver Taler, Goslar 1542, SMBMünz 18202042
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flagon in the form of an owl, silver gilt?, U. Sautter, Ulm 1580s, MAAB. For other views see MAAB.