The 173 Artworks of media Enamel and containing the word danish unknown goldsmith, enamel

Do not have iconographic document showing that the necklace really was Leopoldina, but it is jewel of great symbolic value. It consists of 19 beads in the form of armillary sphere with ribbons indicated each of the 19 provinces that made up the Empire. The three most important provinces - Rio de Jan...

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This bulbous flask with vertical fluting sits on a solid circular foot and extends into a cylindrical neck. The sparse decoration consists of a frieze of twelve riders, of whom curiously only one holds a polo mallet. Around the shoulder of the flask is an elegantly and delicately painted animal frie...

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The most important find on Austrian soil from the Migration Period was made in 1910 at Untersiebenbrunn on the eastern border of present-day Austria. It is the burial site of a 20 to 24-year-old woman and furnished with more than the average splendour. The grave was discovered accidentally by workme...

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This mosque lamp is within the formal and decorative canons for such pieces: a wide body with six suspension rings for chains and generally bearing an inscription revealing the name and title of the sultan who commissioned the piece. In this case, it was al-Nasir Hasan, who reigned from 1347-1351 an...

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In terms of shape, this is the largest known cylindrical piece with a flaring top made in enamelled and gilded glass from the Mamluk era (1250-1517). Its size suggests it was either used for ceremonial purposes or was a valuable gift, while the unusual decoration depicts mythical and real birds.The ...

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Diadem in the form of a free-standing cockerel’s head, made of gold, horn and enamel, holding a quartz crystal – of cut amethyst – in its beak. This piece is remarkable for its delicate treatment of the cockerel’s comb and caruncles, in fine gold mesh, as well as the magnificent enamel work in iride...

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