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Historical Archive: Enamel on metal, 14th century to present


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enameled gold 14th-c. mount reworked 1793, with c.25-50 CE sardonyx cameo of Jupiter with eagle (Camée de Chartres), CdM Chab. 4
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Eleanor Vase, enamel medallions 14th c., Louvre MR 340. This work has its own page.
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Signet ring "of Louis IX", sapphire/gold/enamel, 14th c., Louvre OA MR 92, which has its own page
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medallion, prob. early 14th-c. France: reliquary St. Blaise, silver gilt/gems/enamel, 1325-50, KGM W 30, which has its own page
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funerary plaque: Guy de Meyos kneeling before St Louis, found at Civray (Vienne), Limoges 1307, Louvre OA 7495
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St Elizabeth of Hungary, enamel on gilt copper, Sienna c.1310, Louvre OA 2011
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Lamb of God: processional cross with holder, silver and enamel, c.1350, cross Spain, enamel poss. Germany, PMA 1949-40-4. For overall views 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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Signet ring "of the Black Prince", ruby or garnet/gold/enamel, c.1350-1400, Louvre OA 9597, which has its own page
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3 Towers Reliquary, 1370-90, AachenCT. This work has its own page.
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Belt hook (clavendier), Netherlands late 14th c., CMA 1977.28
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reliquary cross, gold/enamel/?garnet, 15th c., MoL 94.240
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children discovered by hunters, copper/enamel, Italy 15th c., Cluny Cl. 13069
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reliquary, silver and email de basse taille on silver gilt, Flanders, 15th c.?, Louvre OA 5566
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Falconer brooch, gold/enamel/sapphire/pearl, early 15th c., KGM F 1364. For other views see Berlin.
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Ring of Jean sans Peur, Paris c.1410, Louvre OA 9524, which has its own page.
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salt cellar, gold metalwork probably Jaquet de Chiefdeville, 1462, Paris; jasper bowl mid 15th c.; Louvre MV 127. This work has its own page.
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salt cellar, metalwork probably Jaquet de Chiefdeville, 1462, Paris; jasper bowl mid 15th c.; Louvre MV 127
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reliquary of the hand of St Martha from the convent of St Martha of Venice, silver gilt, Giovanni Leon, Venice 1472-74, Louvre OA 5641. This work has its own page.
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Hat badge with head of John the Baptist, 1475-85: gold, carnelian, enamel. AIC 1992.301
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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. Barbara reliquary pendant, France or Netherlands 1495-1505, gold and enamel, AIC 1938.1179
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centaur pendant, gold/enamel/ruby/emerald/diamond/crystal/pearl, Italy 16th c., KGM 1855,1099
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crucifix, gold/enamel/emerald/sapphire, Novgorod 16th c., Novgorod AM
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Annunciation and Nativity triptych, enamel, frame gilt copper on wood with traces polychrome and gilding, early 16th c. Limoges, Master of the Large Foreheads, PMA 1930-1-62. For details see PMA.
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frame France or Italy, early 16th c., gold, enamel, pearl; for agate cameo of Emperor Tiberius, 14-37 CE. AIC 1992.297
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saints by Henry Duzen 1505, Nef of St. Ursula, gold/silver gilt/copper/enamel, which has its own page
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Giovanni Bernardi, Christ before Pilate, obverse, intaglio rock crystal in gold with enamel and gems, c.1547, WAM 41.240. For reverse and detail see Walters.
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Léonard Limosin (attrib.), enamel on copper from Feuillantines convent (Paris), repeating Chartres composition: Galiot de Genouillac as St Paul, mid 16th c. Limoges, Louvre MR XIII suppl 210
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Léonard Limosin (attrib.), enamel on copper from Feuillantines convent (Paris), repeating Chartres composition: François I as St Thomas the Apostle, mid 16th c. Limoges, Louvre MR XIII suppl 211. For detail see Louvre.
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Léonard Limosin (attrib.), the Dauphin (future François II), enamel on copper, Limoges c.1553, Louvre N 1253
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Crossing the Red Sea, enamel/copper, Jean de Court 1575-85, SF 48.2. For details see SF.
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setting with enamel 1575-1600, Vienna Gonzaga cameo 278-69 BCE, KHM IXa 81
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ring with watch and Crucifixion triptych with instruments of the Passion, Jakob Weiss, gold and enamel, c.1585, IMA 73.70.93. For other views see IMA.
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John the Baptist triptych, enamel/copper, Martin Didier Pape late 16th c., SF 1952.32a-c, which has its own page
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enameled silver-gilt stand, 17th c., with double-sided gem attrib. to Giovanni delle Corniole (aft. 1470–aft. 1516): cameo Christ, p.c., access courtesy of Hadrien Rambach. For other views see p.c..
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Dove pendant, France or Flemish 17th c.: Baroque pearls, gold, enamel. AIC 1992.538
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pectoral cross, gold/enamel, 17th c. Russia, MSHM
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17th c. added women, Nef of St. Ursula, gold/silver gilt/copper/enamel, which has its own page
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chalice with enamel panels, János Szilassy, Lőcse (Levoča) 1777, MAAB. For detail see MAAB.
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undated ring; cross of the order of St. John, 19th c.? SMB
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pendant with chain, R.J. Lalique, Paris c.1900, MAAB. For full chain see MAAB.
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floor vase, enamel? design G. de Feure, Paris; made by J. Rappaport, Budapest, 1900-02, MAAB. For detail see MAAB.
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mountain ash necklace, gold/enamel/sapphire, René Lalique 1900-02, KGM 1903,108. For details see Berlin.
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Hand of Fatima necklace, silver and enamel, 20th c., Berber people in Morocco, IMA 1998.79