Whistle
Accession Nr.: | 68.262.1 |
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Date of production: |
ca. 1500
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Place of production: | Germany (presumably) |
Inscription: | RW -DP |
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Materials: | silver setting; wood |
Techniques: | carved; engraved decoration |
Dimensions: |
length: 10,5 cm
diameter: 1,8 cm
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Wood, with flat carving. Shape of a slightly narrowing cylinder, bent the wo ends are covered with silver caps the smaller one is decorated with arabesques, the larger one with a coat of arms. Three upside-down guitars in a shield rounded at the bottom. The cnicf is charged with a heater-shaped escutcheon in pale, which shows five chevrons. The escutcheon is ensigned with a label. The two ends of the cylindrical body have the initials WR and BE among leaf-motifs the middle parts are decorated with twined ornaments, with griffins on each side. There are intertwined ribbons in relief carving above the body they serve as a hook for the string
Literature
- Szerk.: Péter Márta: Reneszánsz és manierizmus. Az európai iparművészet korszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1988. - Nr. 149. (Ács Piroska)
- Szerk.: Radocsay Dénes, Farkas Zsuzsanna: Az európai iparművészet remekei. Száz éves az Iparművészeti Múzeum. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1972. - Nr. 67.