Catalogue of the Waddesdon Bequest in the British Museum: The curiosities

Hugh Tait, British Museum

Trustees of the the British Museum, 1986 - Art

Contents

• Preface page: 7
• Introduction: 11
• Mirabilia: 14
• The griffins claw standingcup and cover: 19
• Exotica 2 The ostrichegg flask: 28
• The naturalistic ostrichegg standingcup and cover: 37
• The Jamnitzer workshop ostrichegg standingcup and cover: 43
• The Seychelles palmnut fountain: 51
• The Infant Hercules nautilusshell standingcup: 68
• The combat of seamonsters nautilusshell standingcup: 87
• The carved helm nautilusshell standingcup: 94
• The Neptune caryatid nautilusshell standingcup: 104
• The shell cameos standingcup and cover: 109
• The shell cameos powderflask: 131
• The Seven Deadly Sins amber tankard of the Swedish Royal House of Vasa: 142
• The amber intaglios casket: 160
• Hardstones 14 The agate standingcup and cover: 165
• The socalled Cellini vase: 174
• The agate oval bowl: 201
• The agate threesided tazza: 205
• The agate oval tazza: 207
• The agate Minerva spoon: 211
• The mossagate and chalcedony spoon: 219
• 2122 The agate knife and fork handles: 222
• The agate knife for circumcision: 225
• The lapislazuli vase and cover page: 228
• The jade cup: 232
• The jasper vase and cover: 236
• The jasper ewer: 239
• The jasper spoon: 242
• The heliotrope ewer: 244
• The heliotrope nef: 253
• The grapepicker heliotrope standingcup: 258
• The Saxon miner chalcedony standingcup: 265
• The Neptune quartz standingcup: 278
• Rockcrystals 34 The rockcrystal potiche and cover of Akbar: 288
• The rockcrystal Roman sacrifice intaglio: 295
• The rockcrystal tazza: 298
• The rockcrystal cup and cover: 301
• The rockcrystal bucket and bailhandle: 305
• 3940 The pair of rockcrystal miniature vases: 312
• The heron rockcrystal standingcup and cover: 316
• The rockcrystal ewer: 326
• The rockcrystal sale of Cupids intaglio: 332
• The miniature rockcrystal standingcup and cover: 339
• The miniature rockcrystal covered tankard: 343
• Silver curiosities 46 The incense spoon: 348
• The Madonna and Child with St Anne spoon: 353
• The Pelican in its Piety folding fork spoon and étui: 358
• The St George and the Dragon folding fork and étui: 366
• The fiddleshaped rasp: 369
• The Gothic tracery buckle and strapend: 372
• Abbreviated references: 385
• Exhibition catalogues cited: 387
• Index: 388

Bibliographic information

• Title: Catalogue of the Waddesdon Bequest in the British Museum: The curiosities; Volume 3 of Catalogue of the Waddesdon Bequest in the British Museum, British Museum
• Authors: Hugh Tait, British Museum
• Publisher: Trustees of the the British Museum, 1986
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Dec 3, 2009
• ISBN: 0714105236, 9780714105239