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Description: | Artist: Unknown, silversmith; Date(s): 1500 - 1550; Classification(s): silver, altar cross, carving, The crucifix is carved of wood, which was then cased in bronze-gilt. Silver basse-taille and champlev? enamelled plaques were applied. The model of Christ was cast, chased and applied. The later silver stand was cast and silver-gilt moulded borders were applied.; Acquisition: bequeathed by Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham, 1937, Leonard D. Cunliffe Bequest [M/P.24-1938]
Description: silver, parcel-gilt, bronze-gilt, wood and enamel; the wood cross is encased in bronze-gilt, with applied silver and enamel plaques, and parcel-gilt model of Christ; and stands` on a later parcel-gilt octagonal foot. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | Unknown silver altar cross | Temporal: | name=first half of the 16th century; start=1500; end=1550 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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