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Collections > Metal Work
Bell
Bell without clapper has the inscription 'Petrus Guilebert me fecit Ad 1630' around its lip (the lip is flawed). The body of the bell is decorated with a scene of... view details
Salt-Cellar, 16th century
Made in the northern Italy either Mantua or Padua. A triangular column form, the three indented sides with low reliefs of a running bacchante playing the cymbals, a... view details
Key-hole Escutcheon
Cast brass key-hole escutcheon, of assymmetrical rococo form, pierced and with rocaille and folial scrolling decoration, and three holes for fixings. Size: Height:... view details
Drawer handle, c.1750
Drawer Handle German, c.1750 Brass 9 x 21.5 cm view details
Plaque
Gilt bronze cast in relief with a putto at the Alter of Love. The rectangular relief shows to the right a furnace, with a putto to the left of it holding a mirror,... view details
Urn
Shallow form stands on a black marble plinth with canted corners, decorated with two bands of ormolu, fashioned into ridges of running designs with folial scrolling at... view details
Furniture Mount - Venus
One of a pair of ormolu furniture mounts, standing on curved base of triangular section. Venus is represented turning to look over her left shoulder, her feet... view details
Furniture Mount - Cupid
One of a pair of ormolu furniture mounts, standing on a curved base of triangular section. Cupid, with eagle-like wings outspread, looks over his right shoulder, and... view details
Furniture Mounts
Part of a pair, identical, fashioned as winged quivers, each centred by a circular decoration with a four-petalled flower head surrounded by dots. The tip of the... view details
Bust, 19th century
One of a pair of identical ormolu busts of a woman's head (probably from the end of a bed). The head is ringletted, with a fringe of ringlets, and garlanded with a... view details