Va Museum Collection

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Samson slaying a Philistine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. Bronze group of Samson slaying a Philistine; inscribed on the base "Adrianus Fries Hagiensis Batvvs f

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Silver-gilt tankard; the Lynn Cup; chrismatory, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. Silver-gilt tankard of hexagonal form, narrow in the centre, widening towards the base, ornamented with masks and scrolls, on granulated ground in panels

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Chalice, cups, ewer, pyx, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. A silver-gilt chalice, the work of Master Bartholomew, of Atri...supposed to have...[belonged] to Pope Boniface VIII...around the stem is...[an]

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Cups, tankard, casket, salt, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. Silver-gilt standing-cup; silver cup; silver-gilt beaker; crystal tankard, "The Poison-Cup"; casket; silver-gilt salt

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Silver parcel-gilt nef, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. Silver parcel-gilt nef or ship of unusually large dimensions, the body of the ship and above the stand embossed with elaborate ornaments

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Silver-gilt nef, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. Silver-gilt nef; the hull, with two tiers of guns; the deck, which takes off as a cover

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Silver and silver-gilt spoons, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862....a group of silver and silver-gilt spoons, all of the seventeenth century, belonging to Messrs. E. Waterton and W. Stirling

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Flask, spoon, coffret, reliquary... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. Small silver flask...ornamented in repousse, with strapwork and flowers...a crest of a griffin's head in the centre

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Mother-of-pearl cup; Cellini Ewer; vase, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. Cup, in form of a partridge; the body formed of overlapping pieces of mother-of-pearl in imitation of feathers...Circa 1600. Baron L. de Rothschild

The Loan Collection of works of art at South Kensington Museum, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection of works of art at South Kensington Museum, [London], 1862. Display in what became the Victoria and Albert Museum, of pieces...of the mediaeval renaissance

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Silver-gilt ewer, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. Silver-gilt rose-water ewer. The ewer is oviform, with very high handle, in form of a hydra or monster with three heads, winged body, and forelegs

Relative position of the proposed India Museum and other public institutions, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Relative position of the proposed India Museum and other public institutions, 1876. 1. Proposed Site for the India and Colonial Museums; 2. Government Offices; 3. India Office; 4

Museum of Science and Art, in Course of Construction, on the Kensington-Gore Estate, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Museum of Science and Art, in Course of Construction, on the Kensington-Gore Estate, [London], 1856. Iron building...purposed to contain the large and valuable collections...belonging to the Dept

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: The Dunvegan Cup, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. The "Dunvegan Cup, " a cup or "mether" of yew, square above and rounded from the centre downwards

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Alto-relievo, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Alto-relievo, 1862. Alto-relievo; three cupids supporting the Papal tiara, cross-keys, and other insignia

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Ivory tankard, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. Tankard, mounted in silver-gilt, the drum richly carved with a mythological subject, the Marriage of Jupiter and Juno, &c.: on the cover

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: keys, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: keys, 1862. Two steel keys, elaborately ornamented, of the sixteenth century. Rev. J. Beck'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Queen Elizabeth's prayer-book, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. Queen Elizabeth's Prayer-book, bound in gold and enamelled, the workmanship of George Heriot

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Missal of Claude, Queen of Francis I. 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. A magnificent missal, painted on vellum, with illuminated capitals, and whole leaves painted with illustrations from Scripture history

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Pen-case of Henry VI. 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. The pencase of King Henry VI. This pencase, of leather, or cuir bouilli, ornamented with gilt roses and crowns, was left by King Henry VI

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Hemispherical cat's-eye, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. Large hemispherical cat's-eye (supposed to. be the largest known). It is mounted in massive pure gold

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Sevigné-gold open filigree-work set with pearls, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. Sevigne [brooch] of gold open filigree scrolls, set with pearls. Spanish work, seventeenth century. Rev. J. Beck'

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Largest known pearl, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. A very large pearl, straight-sided, widening towards the lower part, which has a dark opalised tint. This pearl (the largest known) weighs 3oz. is 2in

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Stag's horn ewer, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. Ewer, in stag's horn, mounted and inlaid with ivory, most elaborately and minutely carved in many compartments with hunting-subjects; apparently

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