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... chased and embossed with figures , trophies , & c . Date , about 1560 . Fig . 21. Ancient cameo mounted in the time of Charles V. XIVth century . Cabinet of medals , Imp . Lib . , Paris . Described page 232 . Fig . 22. Sardonyx ring ...
... chased and embossed with figures , trophies , & c . Date , about 1560 . Fig . 21. Ancient cameo mounted in the time of Charles V. XIVth century . Cabinet of medals , Imp . Lib . , Paris . Described page 232 . Fig . 22. Sardonyx ring ...
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... chased and damascened with figures and arabesques . IVth or Vth Discovered near Mount Esquinal , 1793. ( D'Agincourt . Fig . 44 . century . Sculp . , pl . ix . ) The Crucifixion . Copperplate engraved , enamelled and gilt . Probably ...
... chased and damascened with figures and arabesques . IVth or Vth Discovered near Mount Esquinal , 1793. ( D'Agincourt . Fig . 44 . century . Sculp . , pl . ix . ) The Crucifixion . Copperplate engraved , enamelled and gilt . Probably ...
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... , the two guards asleep . The figures are finely chased on the gilt metal ground , the heads projecting above the enamel . At each end is an apostle on a blue enamel ground . Fig . 53. Portrait of Geoffrey Plantagenet . Champlevé enamel.
... , the two guards asleep . The figures are finely chased on the gilt metal ground , the heads projecting above the enamel . At each end is an apostle on a blue enamel ground . Fig . 53. Portrait of Geoffrey Plantagenet . Champlevé enamel.
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... chased and enriched with cameos and precious stones . Coll . Rothschild . XVIth century . ( No. 824 Debruge - Labarte Collection . ) Fig . 64. Ancient agate drinking vessel , usually styled the Vase of Ptolemy . Mounted in gold , and ...
... chased and enriched with cameos and precious stones . Coll . Rothschild . XVIth century . ( No. 824 Debruge - Labarte Collection . ) Fig . 64. Ancient agate drinking vessel , usually styled the Vase of Ptolemy . Mounted in gold , and ...
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... chased . The winged dragons which twist themselves among the branches issuing from the lions ' mouths , and the lizards which support the socket , all belong to the romanesque style , which is short and thick . Fig . 78. Copper censer ...
... chased . The winged dragons which twist themselves among the branches issuing from the lions ' mouths , and the lizards which support the socket , all belong to the romanesque style , which is short and thick . Fig . 78. Copper censer ...
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