Jewellery

Name: Jewellery
Author: Smith, H. Clifford (Harold Clifford)

Smith, H. Clifford (Harold Clifford)

Jewelry

XVII.  MEDIÆVAL HEAD-ORNAMENTS.                                 _p. 110._
          1-4.    Pilgrims' signs of lead. _p. 110._ (B. M.)
          1.      Head of St. Thomas with swords, within a cusped
                    border.
          2.      Ampulla for blood of St. Thomas.
          3.      St. George within a border.
          4.      Head of St. John the Baptist.
          5-8.    Retainers' badges of lead. _p. 110._ (B. M.)
          5.      Hart lodged (Richard II).
          6.      Crowned ostrich feather (Duke of Norfolk).
          7.      Rose and fetterlock (Edward IV).
          8.      Collared hound (Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury).
          9.      Silver-gilt crown or circlet, set with pearls
                    and coloured pastes. French, fourteenth
                    century. _p. 106._
                    (Musée du Cinquantenaire, Brussels.)
          10-12.  Three fifteenth-century gold enseignes.
          10.     Antique onyx cameo, outer frame set with rubies.
                    Spanish. _p. 111._ (V. and A. M.)
          11.     "Pelican in her Piety," set with a ruby and diamond.
                    Flemish (found in the Meuse). _p. 111._ (B. M.)
          12.     Figure of a dromedary in white enamel in frame set
                    with pearls. Flemish. _p. 146._
                    (Museo Nazionale, Florence.) (_Photo, Alinari._)

 XVIII. MEDIÆVAL PENDANTS (RELIQUARIES, ETC.)                    _p. 120._
          1.  Silver reliquary set with crystal.  German,
                fifteenth century. _p. 121._
                (Bavarian National Museum, Munich.)
          2.  Silver-gilt reliquary, from the treasury of Enger,
                near Herford, in Westphalia. Fifteenth century.
                (Kunstgewerbe Museum, Berlin.)
          3.  Silver-gilt pomander opening into four sections.
                German, about 1480. _p. 126._
                (Bavarian National Museum, Munich.)
          4.  Gold Reliquary of Charlemagne, containing a fragment
                of the True Cross. German, ninth (?) century _p. 118._
          5.  "Reliquary of St. Louis," gold, enriched with translucent
                enamels, containing a thorn from the Crown of Thorns.
                French, fourteenth century. _p. 119._ (B. M.)
          6.  Gold bracelet. German, twelfth century. _p. 157._
                (Bavarian National Museum, Munich.)

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