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Saint Simeon Stylite. Casing plate for a reliquary     
or perhaps a votive tablet presenting the ascetic      
Simeon, (probably the Elder) sitting on his column.    
From Syria.Inv. BJ 2180                                
Chased silver, partly gilded.
#06020258

Saint Simeon Stylite. Casing plate for a reliquary or perhaps a votive tabl...

Soup-tureen, silver,gilded; lid with portrait of King  
Jan Sobieski. Property of Count and Countess Stanislas 
Rey. Castle Montresor, France.                         
Height: 49 cm, diameter: 27 cm
#26040159

Soup-tureen, silver,gilded; lid with portrait of King Jan Sobieski. Property o...

Memorabilia of King Jan III. Sobieski: Mace, silver,   
gilded, with turquoises, Dresden, Historical Museum.   
Silvergoblet with lid, medallions showing the King and 
Queen Maria Kasimiera, by Nathaniel Schlaubitz, Gdansk,
and Sobieski's travelling watch, London, private coll.
#26040160

Memorabilia of King Jan III. Sobieski: Mace, silver, gilded, with turquoises,...

Silver tray, gilded, showing King Jan III. Sobieski in 
battle. Gdansk, 17th century.                          
Property of Count and Countess Stanislas Rey, Castle   
Montresor, France.
#26040162

Silver tray, gilded, showing King Jan III. Sobieski in battle. Gdansk, 17th cen...

Turkish Monstrance; 1708  Detail: Bow of imperial      
ship with King Philipp II of Spain, above him          
Medallion with portrait of Pope Pius V, below life-boat
with Turkish Sultan                                    
Silver
#30010251

Turkish Monstrance; 1708 Detail: Bow of imperial ship with King Philipp I...

Turkish Monstrance, commemorating the battle of Lepanto
in 1571 and Don Juan d'Austrias victory over the Turks.
Detail:portrait of Pope Pius V; below: King Philip II
of Spain, both shown on the victorious Christian ship
"Real". Silver pyx, 1708
#30010423

Turkish Monstrance, commemorating the battle of Lepanto in 1571 and Don Juan d'...

Turkish Monstrance, commemorating the battle of Lepanto
in 1571 and Don Juan d'Austrias victory over the Turks.
Detail: Don Juan d'Austria and Doge Andrea Doria in    
the crow's nest of the victorious Christian ship "Real"
Silver pyx, 1708
#30010425

Turkish Monstrance, commemorating the battle of Lepanto in 1571 and Don Juan d'A...

Automaton, St. George killing the Dragon (1613-1615).  
By Jakob Miller The Elder. Clock-work: iron,           
case: silver, partly fire-gilded.                      
From Augsburg                                          
H: 40 cm
#30010449

Automaton, St. George killing the Dragon (1613-1615). By Jakob Miller The Elde...

Crown of Louis XVth,after Claude Ronde, 1722.          
Gilt Silver, H:24 cm,22 cm across.                   
The original precious stones, among them the "Regent"  
and the "Sancy" were replaced by copies after the      
coronation. Diamonds of the Crown MS 61
#30010747

Crown of Louis XVth,after Claude Ronde, 1722. Gilt Silver, H:24 cm,22...

One gold, one silver "regulus", allegedly transmuted   
by Johann Friedrich Boettger for King August of Poland 
in 1713. The pieces are real gold and silver. Boettger 
probably made them from Royal and other gift ducats    
to win the King's favour.    Diameter 3 and 5 cm.
#300301 3

One gold, one silver "regulus", allegedly transmuted by Johann Friedrich Boet...

Henri IV as a child,Paris,1822-1828                               
Silver statue cast by Charles-Nicolas Odiot(1789-1869) 
H:125 x 42 x 40cm                                               
CC 37
#39150131

Henri IV as a child,Paris,1822-1828 Silver statu...