Not currently on display at the V&A

Plaque

late 13th century
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plaque of champlevé enamel on gilded copper, pointed at the top and pierced there with a single hole.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Copper gilt with champlevé enamel.
Brief description
Copper gilt with champlevé enamel; French or Spanish, late 13th century.
Physical description
Plaque of champlevé enamel on gilded copper, pointed at the top and pierced there with a single hole.
Dimensions
  • Maximum height: 11.7cm
  • Maximum width: 6.2cm
  • Depth: 0.3cm
measured by Kirstin Kennedy, 06.08.09
Style
Gallery label
ST. LAWRENCE Plaque from the end of a reliquary. Champlevé enamel on copper-gilt. French (Limoges); 13th century From the Spitzer Collection A plaque depicting St. Matthias, which probably formed the other end of the same reliquary is in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. Salting Bequest
Object history
Originally in the collection of Baron Frédéric Spitzer (1815-1890). It was lot 391 in the 1893 sale of his collection and was bought by the collector George Salting for 580 Francs. He gave it to the Museum in 1910.
Historical context
This plaque may be from a reliquary, another part of which -- a plaque of St James -- is in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Spitzer, Frédéric, ed. La collection Spitzer: Antiquité, Moyen Age, Renaissance, 6 vols. Paris: Maison Quantin, 1890-93.
  • Read, C. H. George Salting. The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs. Feb. 1910, vol. 16, no. 83. pp.250-51.
  • Campbell, Marian. An Introduction to Medieval Enamels. London: HMSO, 1983. ISBN 0112903851
Collection
Accession number
M.571-1910

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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