AwesomeCon!
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June 2022 Drekkar.
Ewer from Burghley House, Lincolnshire
Chinese porcelain 1573– ca. 1585, British mounts ca. 1585
“In the sixteenth century, Chinese porcelain occasionally arrived in England, sometimes by way of the Levant, sometimes by sea around the Cape of Good Hope. As it was very rare and considered a special treasure, the most accomplished English silversmiths were often commissioned to make mounts for it. Pieces such as these were regarded as suitable for royal gifts or for the furnishing of princely houses.“
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May 2022 Drekkar
Two-Handled Jar with Stag
early 1400s
Italian
It might not have been the best 15th Century jug showing a stag,
but it’s the one that’s in the Met.
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April 2022 Drekkar
Monk-Scribe Astride a Wyvern
mid-12th century (North German metalwork-brass)
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March 2022 Drekkar
Griaille Panel (Normandy, France, ca 1265)
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