silverwork
From the home of mustard comes another tale...It is hard to imagine a time when spices were so precious that their containers were designed as jewelry or a rare accessory. Yet, that is what this pomander is; it's name is derived from the French, pomum ambrae, referring to perfumes and perfumed ointment. pomander, spices, scents, allegories, Dijon, mustard, silver, silverwork |
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Silver in the Collection of the Cooper-Hewitt MuseumPublication design: Heidi Humphrey silver, silverwork, metal, decorative arts, artisans, permanent collection, ch:exhibition=35350781 |
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The Cooper-Hewitt Collection: SilverThis exhibition showcases the Cooper-Hewitt Museum’s permanent historic silver collection. Featured in the exhibition are a seventeenth-century Augsburg German charger, a mid-eighteenth-century French candelabra, and three centuries of English silver—including a tea urn by Thomas Heming, the royal goldsmith to King George III. silver, silverwork, metal, decorative arts, artisans, permanent collection, exhibitions, ch:exhibition=35350781 |
