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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:German; Rhenish
Title:Pyx
Date Made:ca. 1400
Type:Container; Ceremonial
Materials:Silver with gilding
Place Made:Europe; Germany; possibly Cologne
Measurements:Overall: 11 1/8 in x 3 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 28.3 cm x 8.9 cm x 8.9 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1985.11
Credit Line:Purchase with the Art Advisory Board Fund, Marian Hayes Art Museum Fund and Jepson Fund of the Department of Art in honor of Susan Eisenhart Schilling (Class of 1932)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
standing pyx; silver; plain, smooth-walled hexagonal body and spire-like cover with applied gold-plated stamped borders; tripart foot and knop, decorated with hatched engraving; crucifix finial; strengthening between stem and body

Tags:
religion; decoration and ornament; vessels

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