pyx

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Object Type
Museum number: 1848,0803.66
Description: Pyx; copper-gilt and champlevé enamel; with cylindrical body and hinged conical lid; the decoration consists of fleur-de-lys and interlacing arches executed in gilt on a dark and pale blue enamel ground.
Production date: 13thC
Production place: Made in: Limoges
Materials: copper; enamel; gold
Technique: enamelled; gilded; champlevé
Dimensions: Height: 89 millimetres (max); Width: 83 millimetres (max)
Curator's comments: Part of 1850,0723.1
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Acquisition name: Purchased through: Harry Osborn Cureton; Purchased through: Sotheby's
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1848
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1848,0803.66
Conservation

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