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The Michael Wellby Bequest
renaissance gold & silver
From left:
Silver gilt cup
German, possibly Nuremberg
c. 1490
Height: 35 cm
Silver gilt cup
Germany, possibly Nuremberg
c. 1510
Height: 37 cm
Silver gilt cup
German, possibly Nuremberg
c. 1490
Height: 35 cm
From left:
Nautilus shell with silver gilt cagework mounts
German, possibly Augsburg, by Ulrich Munt
c. 1620–25
Height: 36 cm
Nautilus shell with silver gilt mounts formed as a crane
Germany
c. 1600
Height: 31 cm
Nautilus shell with silver gilt mounts
German, Nuremberg, by David Stechmesser
c. 1580
Height: 30 cm
Lapis lazuli bowl with gold mounts
Prague
c. 1608
Carving by the Miseroni workshop, mounts by Paulus van Vianen
Height: 17 cm
The Michael Wellby Bequest
renaissance gold & silver
From left:
Silver gilt cup, a stag
German, Augsburg, by Elias Zorer
c.1605–10
Height: 27.5 cm
Silver gilt cup, an owl
German
c.1570–80
Height: 15 cm
Parcel-gilt silver ship model (nef)
German, Nuremberg, by Esaias zur Linden
c.1620
Height: 39.5 cm
Silver gilt cup, a musketeer
Dutch, probably by Adriaen de Grebbe
c.1600
Height: 26 cm
Silver gilt cup, a bear
German, Augsburg, by Christopher Ritter
c.1605–10
Height: 21 cm
Lapis lazuli cup with jewelled and
enamelled silver gilt mounts
Stone from Milan, c.1560
Mounts French, Paris, c.1640
Height: 14 cm
Ostrich egg cup with silver gilt
mounts
German, possibly from Nuremberg,
made for the Prince of Transylvania
1576
Height: 45.5 cm
Serpentine ewer and basin with silver gilt mounts
German, possibly from Dresden
c.1580
Height: 30 cm; Diameter: 38 cm
The Michael Wellby Bequest
renaissance gold & silver
Silver gilt ewer with enamelled royal arms of Portugal
Portuguese, possibly from Lisbon
c.1510–15
Height: 47 cm
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