Ein new Kunst-Büchlein; a book of ornamental designs for goldsmiths
Ein new Kunst-Büchlein is a book of ornamental goldsmith designs by Hans Brösamer, a sixteenth-century German-speaking craftsman, reissued in London in 1897 from the Smithsonian Libraries collection. The four pictures show covered cups, goblets and standing vessels with lids, knops and footed bases, drawn in fine outline with bands of strapwork, scrolls, ovals and fluting that a designer could adapt for silver or metal decoration.
