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Germany: Jewely, Enamel, and objects of vertu
Document Type
Reference Entry
Author
Source
Oxford Art Online, 2003, ill.
Subject
Germany: Jewely, Enamel, and objects of vertu
Language
English
Abstract
See also Germany, Federal Republic of Paintings from the first half of the 15th century by Stephan Lochner and the Cologne school document figural brooches in the Burgundian style richly studded with precious stones, as in Madonna in the Rose Bower (Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Mus.). Jewellery of this type was mainly ecclesiastical or devotional, and almost no original pieces survive. Some less elaborate jewels from the 14th and 15th centuries are extant, including several pilgrim’s badges made of pewter in such cities as Aachen and Cologne and silver-gilt figurines of saints used in rosaries or as belt-ends. Mother-of-pearl reliefs depicting religious scenes based on engravings by Martin Schongauer from the late 15th century and the early 16th were framed in simple silver or gilt settings and were used as pendants (e.g. Cologne, Mus. Angewandte Kst); similar settings, presumably from south Germany, were used for rock crystals or amulet stones. Gothic forms continued to be used for jewellery until the first half of the 16th century....