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Ancient and modern gold and silver smiths' work in the South Kensington museum (1878)

South Kensington Museum, Pollen, John Hungerford, 1820-1902 · London, Printed by G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode and sold by Chapman & Hall · leaf 128

An illustration from Ancient and modern gold and silver smiths' work in the South Kensington museum, 1878, leaf 128
troduSiion. CXX11 When the general plan or arrangement of twelfth century- metal work was not architectural, the details of ornamentation were bold, full of thought and invention, ahd fhowed a deep perception of the peculiar qualities of metal, its dudtility and ftrength. No metal work compofition… … Crucifix, No. 7234, p. 13

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