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Mistletoe
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Mistletoe

anonymous · c. 1475 - c. 1525 · riveted; ciselure; gild; engraving; drijven; brass (alloy)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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The chased and engraved object consists of foot (with the rim), stem, nodus and cup. Around the stem, the lower stem part, the nodus and the upper part are attached and riveted. The cup is attached to the rosette. The foot has six lobes with a profiled flaring rim, which is attached in six parts against the foot. On one of them a cross with oblique ends is engraved on a checkered field. The nodus has six facets, on which four-leaf stylized rosettes are placed, as well as six leaf-like motifs at the top and bottom. The cup is set at the bottom in a six-petal calyx with engraved ornament. The foot has two tremble stitches at the bottom, suggesting that it was marked.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
chalice
Credit lineMiskelk. c. 1475 - c. 1525. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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