Crown
ca. 1620 (made)
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Once this crown would have adorned a sculpture in a Catholic church. Now part of the Museum's collections, it was acquired as a stand-alone example of the Herreran style of design (named after the architect Juan Herrera) particular to Spain in the early 17th century. The pierced bars resembling strips of leather recall the strapwork that features in Spanish architecture.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Copper-gilt, enamel |
| Brief description | Crown for a statue of the Virgin, copper-gilt, Spain, about 1620 |
| Physical description | Crown for a statue of the Virgin. Copper-gilt, set with enamelled silver bosses and with pastes. Consisting of a coronet decorated with four double volute ornaments set with dark blue enamelled bosses and separated from as many ornaments, each set with a paste, from which spring double arches each set with dark and light blue enamelled bosses. On the top there is an orb. |
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| Credit line | Given by Dr W.L. Hildburgh |
| Object history | Gift. Acquired in 1919 at San Sebastian and said to have come from Madrid. RP 53/2307 |
| Summary | Once this crown would have adorned a sculpture in a Catholic church. Now part of the Museum's collections, it was acquired as a stand-alone example of the Herreran style of design (named after the architect Juan Herrera) particular to Spain in the early 17th century. The pierced bars resembling strips of leather recall the strapwork that features in Spanish architecture. |
| Bibliographic reference | Oman, Charles. The Golden Age of Hispanic Silver: 1400-1665. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1978. |
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| Accession number | M.108-1953 |
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| Record created | August 22, 2008 |
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