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Museum number
1893,0614.5
Description
Box; silver; cylindrical; repoussé design of scrolls; on top: two pigeons billing, surrounded by scrolls; contains eight counters (bracteates): Emperor and seven Electors on horseback and legends: Emperor with double-headed eagle on reverse; Brandenburg with Corinthian column on reverse; Palatinate with orange(?) tree on reverse: Mainz with wheel on reverse; Bavaria with battle on reverse; Trères(?) with cannon on reverse; Saxony with head on reverse; Cologne; with cross and crossed swords on reverse.
Materials
silver
Technique
repoussé
Dimensions
Diameter:
1.70 centimetres
(bracteate)
Height:
1.60 centimetres
(box)
$Inscriptions
Location
Not on display
Subjects
bird
emperor/empress
mammal
battle
heraldry
arms/armour
architecture
tree/bush
Associated names
Named in inscription & portrayed:
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
(?)
Named in inscription & portrayed:
Elector of Brandenburg
Named in inscription & portrayed:
Elector of Palatinate
Named in inscription & portrayed:
Elector of Mainz
Named in inscription & portrayed:
Elector of Bavaria
Named in inscription & portrayed:
Elector of Trères
(?)
Named in inscription & portrayed:
Elector of Saxony
Named in inscription & portrayed:
Elector of Cologne
Associated places
Emblem of:
Holy Roman Empire
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
Acquisition date
1893
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1893,0614.5