A little sparkle and glitter

[mmcnealy]

And now for some pretty stuff

** A gold plated over silver and pearl choker necklace **
Halskrause
Dieses Bild: 008671
Kunstwerk: Treibarbeit-Silber ; Kleidung profan ; Halskrause des Matthias Corvinus(?)
Dokumentation: 1500 ; 1550 ; Wiener Neustadt ; Österreich ; Niederösterreich ; Stadtmuseum ; A 17
Anmerkungen: 45 Höhe , 170 Durchmesser , 220 Durchmesser ; Katalog Matthias Corvinus und die Renaissance in Ungarn,1982,S. 265f


Objekt:  Halsband , Halskrause ; silber ; gedreht , gelötet
      Teil: Goldplättchen
      Teil: Edelstein ; ocker
      Teil: Silberdraht
      Teil: Perle ; weiß

      http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7010118.JPG

     ** Gold and pearl  Hat pin   **
Reiter
Dieses Bild: 002309
Kunstwerk: Treibarbeit-Gold , Emailarbeit ; Kleidung Accessoires , Schmuck ; Hutgesteck ; Deutschland(?)
Dokumentation: 1545 ; 1555 ; Wien ; Österreich ; Wien ; Schatzkammer des Deutschen Ordens
Anmerkungen: Fillitz, Schatzkammer des Deutschen Ordens, 1971

Objekt: Hutgesteck ; Goldemail
        Bezugsobjekt: Reiterfigur
    Teil: Blumenmuster ; mehrfarbig
    Teil: Stoffunterlage  (17. Jh.) (?)
       Teil des obigen: Perlenbesatz
 Teil des obigen: Edelstein ; rot
 
 http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7002625.JPG

Comments

[jillwheezul.livejournal.com]

Oh, delightful!!!! I will send for the exhibition catalogs cited and let you know what kind of additional details are given, that is, if you don't beat me to it :)

Do you think that the hatpin may be what is called an agraffe in English?

[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of an Agraffe before, so perhaps it is the same.

I bet you'll beat me to it, I don't have a local library card yet, I still need to get one. But I *DO* know where it is, and its on the way home from the postoffice.

More...

[jillwheezul.livejournal.com]

I am excited to announce that the catalog was right here at PSU, and I have it in my hot little hands. I have to seem to be working at the moment, but I wanted to report that this 'halskrause' and a barett of the same time period are thought to be gifts to a church in 1541 of the King and Queen of Hungary as an offering of thanks for the birth of a child. It is thought that Erzherzogin Anna wears a similar piece in a portrait painted in 1544 by Seissenegger. I think this portrait couldn't have possibly been painted in 1540, but closer to 1544 because of her apparent age in another Seissenegger portrait in 1537. I think it might be this one:

http://www.khm.at/system2.html?/static/page1739.html

I have a fairly good size b/w scan of this from a book of Seissenegger's work, but still can't quite make out all the details. It does seem to have a similar type of pattern.

I'll see if I can crop the B/W and post it with a link.

I'll try my hand at translating (and giving the original too) later. The picture is small and in b/w so your on-line image is much better. What a find!!! It's woven wire according to the description.

Re: More...

[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

So the picture online didn't come from the exhibition catalog? Interesting....

I wonder if this necklace is made of wire like one would make needlace? But I'd need a much closer look at it to make sure.

[jillwheezul.livejournal.com]

http://pics.livejournal.com/jillwheezul/pic/00064kz0
is the best scan I have.