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 131
nying woodcut of No. 237, a chalice of the thirteenth century, is a good reprefentation of the forms now coming into ufe. Patens were anciently very large. They are counted among the gifts of Charlemagne to the church of Rome. Anaftaflus mentions patens of gold, weigh- ing 30 lbs., ufed as bafins… … dove,79 and was of gold or fllver, or of bronze or copper enamelled. Of the latter kind more than one is ftill in exift- ence (<?•£., one was contributed to the loan exhibition at South Kenfington in 1862). Thefe doves were hung by chains over the altar. They were fupported on a difh and covered by…
Goldwork · Silverwork · Art objects
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