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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Europe 1600-1815, Room 5, The Friends of the V&A Gallery

Hunting Belt Buckle

ca. 1665 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This gilded buckle, cast and chased with fighting foxes and hounds, once fastened a cartridge belt for hunting. It was probably made in the workshop of the celebrated Swiss goldsmith, Hans Peter Oeri. Unlike English goldsmiths, European workshops specialised in a variety of metals. Oeri, in German-speaking Zurich, followed the great metalworking traditions of nearby Augsburg and Nuremberg.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Gilt copper alloy, cast in relief
Brief description
Gilt metal buckle decorated in relief with masks and animals hunting, Swiss, around 1665, probably by Hans Peter Oeri (1637-92)
Physical description
Gilt copper-alloy buckle for use on a huntsman's shoulder belt, cast in relief with masks and animals hunting.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.6cm
  • Width: 8.4cm
  • Weight: 60g
  • Depth: 1.1cm
Gallery label
The Belinda Gentle Metalware Gallery (Room 116), November 2004 BUCKLE Brass, cast and gilded Zurich, Switzerland; about 1680 Probably made in the workshop of Hans Peter Oeri (1637–92) This gilded buckle, cast and chased with fighting foxes and hounds, once fastened a cartridge belt for hunting. It was probably made in the workshop of the celebrated Swiss goldsmith, Hans Peter Oeri. Unlike English goldsmiths, European workshops specialised in a variety of metals. Oeri, in German-speaking Zurich, followed the great metalworking traditions of nearby Augsburg and Nuremberg. Museum no. 4040–1856
Object history
This gilded buckle, cast and chased with fighting foxes and hounds, once fastened a cartridge belt for hunting. It was probably made in the workshop of the celebrated Swiss goldsmith, Hans Peter Oeri.
Historical context
Unlike English goldsmiths, European workshops specialised in a variety of metals. Oeri, in German-speaking Zurich, followed the great metalworking traditions of nearby Augsburg and Nuremberg.
Subjects depicted
Summary
This gilded buckle, cast and chased with fighting foxes and hounds, once fastened a cartridge belt for hunting. It was probably made in the workshop of the celebrated Swiss goldsmith, Hans Peter Oeri. Unlike English goldsmiths, European workshops specialised in a variety of metals. Oeri, in German-speaking Zurich, followed the great metalworking traditions of nearby Augsburg and Nuremberg.
Bibliographic references
  • Barocker Luxus: Das Werk des Züricher Goldschmeids Hans Peter Oeri 1637-92, Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Schweirisches Landesmuseum, Zürich, 16 March - 12 June 1989, Cat. 20, p. 135
  • Lösel, Eva Maria, Züricher Goldschmeide Kunst, Buchverlag Berichthaus, Zürich, 1983, W.32, p. 487 (see pp. 480-480 for details on Oeri and comparisons with related material)
Collection
Accession number
4040-1856

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Record createdJanuary 28, 2004
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