THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A GILT-COPPER AND ENAMEL PYX
Details
A GILT-COPPER AND ENAMEL PYX
LIMOGES, 13TH CENTURY
The interior in the form of a shallow gilt-copper bowl.
Some wear to gilding; the finial formerly surmounted by a cross; minor losses to enamel.
3½in. (8.9cm.) high
LIMOGES, 13TH CENTURY
The interior in the form of a shallow gilt-copper bowl.
Some wear to gilding; the finial formerly surmounted by a cross; minor losses to enamel.
3½in. (8.9cm.) high
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
E. Rupin, L'Oeuvre de Limoges, Paris, 1890, figs. 260, 274
M. M. Gauthier and G. François, Medieval Enamels - Masterpieces from the Keir Collection, N. Stratford ed. and trans., London, 1981, p.24, no.26
E. Rupin, L'Oeuvre de Limoges, Paris, 1890, figs. 260, 274
M. M. Gauthier and G. François, Medieval Enamels - Masterpieces from the Keir Collection, N. Stratford ed. and trans., London, 1981, p.24, no.26