The South Kensington Museum Collection

Casket, c1400, (1881). Creator: Frederick Albert Slocombe
Casket, c1400, (1881). Etching of a wooden box with carved lid made in Germany at the beginning of the 15th century. On the front is a man-headed eagle with the German inscription Mit willen dien ich

Victoria And Albert Museum: Ewer, pewter, French, about 1560 (engraving)
6011319 Victoria And Albert Museum: Ewer, pewter, French, about 1560 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ewer, pewter, French, about 1560)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Pedestal, bronze, Soulages Coll, Florentine, 15th century (engraving)
6011317 Victoria And Albert Museum: Pedestal, bronze, Soulages Coll, Florentine, 15th century (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pedestal, bronze)

Victoria And Albert Museum: The Sheepshanks Gallery (engraving)
6011313 Victoria And Albert Museum: The Sheepshanks Gallery (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Sheepshanks Gallery)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Reliquary, in rock crystal and silver gilt, Italian, about 1350 (engraving)
6011311 Victoria And Albert Museum: Reliquary, in rock crystal and silver gilt, Italian, about 1350 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Reliquary)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Writing Tablets, ivory leaves, silver gilt cover, German, early 18th century (engraving)
6011307 Victoria And Albert Museum: Writing Tablets, ivory leaves, silver gilt cover, German, early 18th century (engraving) by English School

Victoria And Albert Museum: Super Altar, German, 12th century (engraving)
6011302 Victoria And Albert Museum: Super Altar, German, 12th century (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Super Altar, German, 12th century)

Victoria And Albert Museum: The Ceramic Gallery (engraving)
6011276 Victoria And Albert Museum: The Ceramic Gallery (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Ceramic Gallery)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Box in carved oak, French, date about 1340 (engraving)
6011242 Victoria And Albert Museum: Box in carved oak, French, date about 1340 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Box in carved oak, French)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Horn or Oliphant, ivory, Byzantine, 11th century (engraving)
6011239 Victoria And Albert Museum: Horn or Oliphant, ivory, Byzantine, 11th century (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Horn or Oliphant, ivory, Byzantine)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Apelles (engraving)
6011229 Victoria And Albert Museum: Apelles (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Apelles)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Hand Bell, bronze, Soulages Coll, Italian, date about 1500 (engraving)
6011305 Victoria And Albert Museum: Hand Bell, bronze, Soulages Coll, Italian, date about 1500 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hand Bell, bronze)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Monstrance or Custode in silver-gilt, sides engraved with figures of saints
6011304 Victoria And Albert Museum: Monstrance or Custode in silver-gilt, sides engraved with figures of saints, Flemish or German, 1st half 15th century (engraving) by English School

Victoria And Albert Museum: Vase, bronze, Italian, 15th century (engraving)
6011281 Victoria And Albert Museum: Vase, bronze, Italian, 15th century (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vase, bronze, Italian, 15th century)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Three Designs for Panels by Giovanni da Udine (engraving)
6011268 Victoria And Albert Museum: Three Designs for Panels by Giovanni da Udine (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Book Cover, gilt metal, English, 15th century (engraving)
6011263 Victoria And Albert Museum: Book Cover, gilt metal, English, 15th century (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Book Cover, gilt metal, English)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Casket, copper gilt and enamelled, diapered with the Armorial Shields of England
6011260 Victoria And Albert Museum: Casket, copper gilt and enamelled, diapered with the Armorial Shields of England, Angoulesme, Valence, Earl of Pembroke, Dreux Duke of Brittany, and Brabant

Victoria And Albert Museum: Sideboard, French Renaissance, about 1500 (engraving)
6011251 Victoria And Albert Museum: Sideboard, French Renaissance, about 1500 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sideboard, French Renaissance, about 1500)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Crucifix, silver-gilt, German about 1400 (engraving)
6011243 Victoria And Albert Museum: Crucifix, silver-gilt, German about 1400 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Crucifix, silver-gilt, German about 1400)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Bronze Knocker, Italian, about 1560 (engraving)
6011240 Victoria And Albert Museum: Bronze Knocker, Italian, about 1560 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bronze Knocker, Italian, about 1560)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Tea-pot, oriental porcelain, white and blue, mounted in silver, Eng work, 1585 (engraving)
6011228 Victoria And Albert Museum: Tea-pot, oriental porcelain, white and blue, mounted in silver, Eng work, 1585 (engraving) by English School

Victoria And Albert Museum: Mirror Frame (engraving)
6011303 Victoria And Albert Museum: Mirror Frame (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mirror Frame)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Rood-Cross in silver parcel-gilt, with quatre-foils of enamel and figures of the Virgin
6011291 Victoria And Albert Museum: Rood-Cross in silver parcel-gilt, with quatre-foils of enamel and figures of the Virgin and St John, German

Victoria And Albert Museum: Book Clasp in silver gilt, French, 17th century; Book Clasps, a pair chased silver
6011271 Victoria And Albert Museum: Book Clasp in silver gilt, French, 17th century; Book Clasps, a pair chased silver, heart-shaped ends, German (engraving) by English School

Victoria And Albert Museum: Bellows, with chiselled bronze nozzle, Italian work, about 1550 (engraving)
6011264 Victoria And Albert Museum: Bellows, with chiselled bronze nozzle, Italian work, about 1550 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bellows)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Mace, silver, English, dated 1696 (engraving)
6011258 Victoria And Albert Museum: Mace, silver, English, dated 1696 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mace, silver, English, dated 1696)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Cimabue (engraving)
6011250 Victoria And Albert Museum: Cimabue (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cimabue)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Cross, cedar wood, covered with gold filigree work, the figure in walrus ivory
6011328 Victoria And Albert Museum: Cross, cedar wood, covered with gold filigree work, the figure in walrus ivory, the label and emblems of the Evangelists of cloisonne enamel, Byzantine

Victoria And Albert Museum: Alphabet designed by Godfrey Sykes (engraving)
6011309 Victoria And Albert Museum: Alphabet designed by Godfrey Sykes (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alphabet designed by Godfrey Sykes)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Credence in carved oak, Flemish, date about 1470 (engraving)
6011306 Victoria And Albert Museum: Credence in carved oak, Flemish, date about 1470 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Credence in carved oak, Flemish)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Silver Handled Knife, ascribed to Pollajuolo, Italian, about 1470 (engraving)
6011289 Victoria And Albert Museum: Silver Handled Knife, ascribed to Pollajuolo, Italian, about 1470 (engraving) by English School

Victoria And Albert Museum: Casket, silver, German, 17th century (engraving)
6011278 Victoria And Albert Museum: Casket, silver, German, 17th century (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Casket, silver, German, 17th century)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Inkstand or Perfume Burner, bronze, Florentine, 15th century (engraving)
6011277 Victoria And Albert Museum: Inkstand or Perfume Burner, bronze, Florentine, 15th century (engraving) by English School

Victoria And Albert Museum: Coffret, box wood with ivory fillets, Italian, 16th century (engraving)
6011269 Victoria And Albert Museum: Coffret, box wood with ivory fillets, Italian, 16th century (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Coffret)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Cup, silver, the work of Wenzel Jamnitzer, of Nuremburg (engraving)
6011265 Victoria And Albert Museum: Cup, silver, the work of Wenzel Jamnitzer, of Nuremburg (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cup, silver)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Bronze Door Knocker, Italian, about 1570 (engraving)
6011255 Victoria And Albert Museum: Bronze Door Knocker, Italian, about 1570 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bronze Door Knocker, Italian, about 1570)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Silver Parcel-Gilt Tazza, Dutch or German, about 1600 (engraving)
6011237 Victoria And Albert Museum: Silver Parcel-Gilt Tazza, Dutch or German, about 1600 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Silver Parcel-Gilt Tazza)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Cruet in rock-crystal and silver-gilt, French about 1340-50 (engraving)
6011232 Victoria And Albert Museum: Cruet in rock-crystal and silver-gilt, French about 1340-50 (engraving) by English School

Victoria And Albert Museum: Lamp or Candlestick, bronze, Italian, about 1570 (engraving)
6011316 Victoria And Albert Museum: Lamp or Candlestick, bronze, Italian, about 1570 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lamp or Candlestick, bronze)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Dagger, the Hilt and Sheath of ivory, Italian, 14th century (engraving)
6011301 Victoria And Albert Museum: Dagger, the Hilt and Sheath of ivory, Italian, 14th century (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dagger)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Circular Bronze Inkstand, enriched, Italian, Cinque-cento (engraving)
6011300 Victoria And Albert Museum: Circular Bronze Inkstand, enriched, Italian, Cinque-cento (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Circular Bronze Inkstand)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Beaker, silver, engraved with strap-work, scroll foliage, etc, German
6011299 Victoria And Albert Museum: Beaker, silver, engraved with strap-work, scroll foliage, etc, German, about 1550-60; Beaker, silver, with Scrolls in repousse work, German

Victoria And Albert Museum: Goblet, Agate, mounted in silver-gilt, hall-marked 1567 (engraving)
6011295 Victoria And Albert Museum: Goblet, Agate, mounted in silver-gilt, hall-marked 1567 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Goblet, Agate)

Victoria And Albert Museum: One Bay of Water Colour Galleries (engraving)
6011294 Victoria And Albert Museum: One Bay of Water Colour Galleries (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: One Bay of Water Colour Galleries)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Carved Ivory Box, with Arabic inscription, Hispano-Moresco (engraving)
6011290 Victoria And Albert Museum: Carved Ivory Box, with Arabic inscription, Hispano-Moresco (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Carved Ivory Box)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Portions of Decorations of the West Dining Room (engraving)
6011274 Victoria And Albert Museum: Portions of Decorations of the West Dining Room (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Reliquary in rock crystal and gilt-copper, decorated with Niello work and gems
6011257 Victoria And Albert Museum: Reliquary in rock crystal and gilt-copper, decorated with Niello work and gems, 14 century (engraving) by English School

Victoria And Albert Museum: Design for Niche (engraving)
6011236 Victoria And Albert Museum: Design for Niche (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Design for Niche)

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The South Kensington Museum, now known as the Victoria and Albert Museum, is a treasure trove of historical artifacts that transport visitors to different eras and cultures. One such captivating piece is the casket from around 1400, created by Frederick Albert Slocombe in 1881. Its intricate design and craftsmanship make it a true work of art. Another remarkable item on display is the French pewter ewer from approximately 1560. The delicate engravings on its surface tell stories of elegance and refinement during that period. As you explore further, you will come across a bronze pedestal from the Soulages Collection dating back to the 15th century. This Florentine masterpiece showcases the artistic brilliance of that era through its detailed engravings. Step into The Sheepshanks Gallery for an enchanting experience surrounded by exquisite artworks. Here, you can marvel at a rock crystal and silver gilt reliquary from Italy circa 1350. Its beauty lies not only in its materials but also in the symbolism it holds within. Intriguing writing tablets with ivory leaves and a silver gilt cover capture your attention next. These German treasures from the early 18th century showcase both functionality and opulence. A Super Altar hailing from Germany in the 12th century stands tall among other exhibits. Its presence evokes awe-inspiring religious devotion while displaying exceptional craftsmanship. The Ceramic Gallery offers an immersive experience where one can appreciate various ceramic masterpieces throughout history – each telling its own unique story through form, color, and texture. A box carved out of oak originating from France around 1340 catches your eye with its intricate detailing. It serves as a testament to medieval craftsmanship's intricacy and skillfulness. An ivory horn or oliphant dating back to Byzantine times (11th century) adds an exotic touch to this collection—a reminder of distant lands filled with mystery waiting to be explored.