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Cross

1400-25 (made), 1500-1550 (made)

Silver and gilded silver on a wooden core, Catalonia (Spain), Barcelona, 1400-25 and 1500-50.

Object details

Object type
Cross
Brief description
Silver and gilded silver on a wooden core, Catalonia (Spain), Barcelona, 1400-25 and 1500-50.
Dimensions
  • Base of knop section to top of cross height: 97.5cm
  • Across arms of cross; maximum width width: 42.5cm
  • Front to back of knop; maximum depth depth: 14.5cm
Credit line
Dr W.L. Hildburgh Bequest
Bibliographic references
  • Oman, Charles. The Golden Age of Hispanic Silver, 1400-1600. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1968.
  • Dalmases, Núria de. Orfebreria catalana medieval: Barcelona 1300-1500 (aproximació a l'estudi). 2 vols. Barcelona: Institut d'Estudis Catalans, 1992. ISBN 8472832171 (set)
  • Benito, J. A., 'Copias, reproducciones y falsificaciones: El caso de las cuatro cruces de plata'. In: además de (revista online de artes decorativas y diseño), 2 (2016).
  • Kennedy, Kirstin. '"Spanish is not necessary, although it might possibly be advantageous": Buying up Spanish Plate in Spain and beyond for the Victoria and Albert Museum'. In: Ana Cabrera Lafuente and Lesley E. Miller, eds. Collecting Spain. Collecting Spanish Decorative Arts in Britain and Spain. Madrid: Ediciones Polifemo, 2022, pp. 248-69. ISBN 9788416335787.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.307-1956

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O378838/cross/
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