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The coffer is a key item in any study of French silverware and European collecting. Initially part of Cardinal Mazarin’s collection, on his death it was sold at auction, subsequently being acquired by [+]
Goblet formed by seven pieces of stone, some possibly repurposed, joined by gold adornments, four of which are plain and the remainder enamelled in white with black details. The spherical body is ador [+]
Aparece representado Cristo, a la derecha, con un manto de lapislázuli y un vestido de jaspe rojo, arrodillado delante del ángel, que está rodeado por una nube de amatista, mientras que los tres apóst [+]
This is one of the first works made in the workshops which the Bourbon monarch Charles, future King of Spain, founded in Naples in 1737, employing Florentine craftsmen and directed by Francesco Ghingh [+]
Casket with a rectangular body and hipped flat-topped lid. Rising from a silver gilt base is a framework of gold, according to the 1689 Versailles inventory, with white enamelling. The entire surface [+]
The vessel is made up of five parts of multicoloured jasper, possibly from Bohemia, and five mounts of silver gilt, enamelled gold and precious stones. The body is made up of a deep scallop shell carv [+]
The top of this rectangular table is inlaid with semiprecious stones on a touchstone background. Its chalcedony volutes are framed by interlaced flowers, fruit and leaves with birds and butterflies, a [+]
A vessel composed of four pieces: a high bowl with an oval section and bell-shaped profile, a cover in the form of a flattened cupola with a turned finial, and a low foot with a support ring. All this [+]
