EditorialBronze censer-cover, Anglo-Saxon, late 10th-early 11th century. The cover is in the form of a miniature church tower with rectangular pillars on a plinth crowned by an ornate gabled roof of a Rhenish (Rhineland) style. The plinth is decorated with simp...
EditorialMade of copper ornamented with silver bands and medal-lions, this large teapot of royal provenance is a fine example of the art of the metalworker. The handle is formed by a dragon while the spout is a horned makara, a mythical animal associated with t...
Editorial[Metalworker in Apron Working with a Vise], 1840s?50s, Daguerreotype, Image: 7.1 x 5.8 cm (2 13/16 x 2 5/16 in.), Photographs, Unknown (American).
EditorialSard ring stone, Late Republican or Imperial, ca. 2nd century B.C.?3rd century A.D., Roman, Sard, Length: 1/2 in. (1.2 cm), Gems, Metalworker. The metalsmith is sitting in front of his anvil and is working with mallet and punch on the decoration of a m...
EditorialMade of copper ornamented with silver bands and medal-lions, this large teapot of royal provenance is a fine example of the art of the metalworker. The handle is formed by a dragon while the spout is a horned makara, a mythical animal associated with t...
EditorialBronze censer-cover, Anglo-Saxon, late 10th-early 11th century. The cover is in the form of a miniature church tower with rectangular pillars on a plinth crowned by an ornate gabled roof of a Rhenish (Rhineland) style. The plinth is decorated with simp...