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Source Description
This morse is of quatrefoil form with three colors of enamel. Two candle-bearing angels with white enamel details beneath trefoil arches flank the Virgin and Child on the plate decorating the pin. They are surrounded by dragons in lozenges of red enamel, divided by triangles of red enamel with central white flowers. Three areas of the border have been broken away, including the dragon figure beneath the angel in the left valve, and much enamel is missing.
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Document identity
localId
7316
label
Morse (Clasp) for Ecclesiastical Vestments
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
7316
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Morse (Clasp) for Ecclesiastical Vestments
description
This morse is of quatrefoil form with three colors of enamel. Two candle-bearing angels with white enamel details beneath trefoil arches flank the Virgin and Child on the plate decorating the pin. They are surrounded by dragons in lozenges of red enamel, divided by triangles of red enamel with central white flowers. Three areas of the border have been broken away, including the dragon figure beneath the angel in the left valve, and much enamel is missing.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection (?) [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest (?).
date
1325-1350 (Gothic)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Enamels
morses
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
13.3
height
13.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 1/4 x W: 5 7/16 in. (13.3 x 13.8 cm)
Source extras
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Medieval European
med
champlevé enamel on copper
creator_ids
6229
collection_ids
MED
JWL
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2054
2513
2704
564
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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