Goldsmiths Collection
Goldsmiths Collection
This collection consists of objects for liturgical use and domestic artifacts: crosses, reliquaries, Eucharistic vessels are accompanied by enameled caskets or antique cutlery, covering a span of time from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century. The purpose of the collection, which does not aim for completeness either chronologically or typologically, is entirely functional to the decoration of the rooms, where the various artifacts are skillfully arranged.
Private devotional plaque
Arte veneta
end of the 15th – beginning of the 16th century
copper
22 × 14 cm
inv. 807
Cup with cover
Arte veneziana
beginning of the 16th century
enameled copper
height: 19.8 cmØ 14 cm
inv. 655
Crucifixion
Il Moderno
ca. 1500
bronze plaque
12.7 × 9.1 cm
inv. 808
Cross
Orefice lombardo
beginning of the 14th century
gilded copper
47.8 × 41.7 cm
inv. 704
Shell
end of the 16th century, beginning of the 17th century
engraved golden copper base-mounted shell, likely from a sacred furnishing, Germany (?)
inv.913
Reliquary
Arte lombarda
mid 15th century
gilded copper
22.2 × 12 cm
inv. 739
Clock
XIX secolo
golden copper skull-shaped clock
Private devotional plaque
Arte veneta
end of the 15th – beginning of the 16th century
copper
22 × 14 cm
inv. 807
Cup with cover
Arte veneziana
beginning of the 16th century
enameled copper
height: 19.8 cmØ 14 cm
inv. 655
Crucifixion
Il Moderno
ca. 1500
bronze plaque
12.7 × 9.1 cm
inv. 808
Cross
Orefice lombardo
beginning of the 14th century
gilded copper
47.8 × 41.7 cm
inv. 704
Shell
end of the 16th century, beginning of the 17th century
engraved golden copper base-mounted shell, likely from a sacred furnishing, Germany (?)
inv.913
Reliquary
Arte lombarda
mid 15th century
gilded copper
22.2 × 12 cm
inv. 739
Clock
XIX secolo
golden copper skull-shaped clock