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The Treasury of Basel Cathedral
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Reliquary Head of Saint Eustace, 1180–1200 (wood head and base); 1200–1220 (silver head and base)
Upper Rhineland, possibly Basel
Raised, stamped, and partially gilded silver, with filigree, copper, glass, rock crystal, chalcedony, amethyst, mother-of-pearl, onyx, and carnelian, with fragments of silk
Trustees of the British Museum
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Branched Cross with the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist, 1350–1400 (cross; Basel); before 1477 (base; attributed to Hans Rutenzwig, Basel)
Raised, cast, engraved, and gilded silver, with translucent basse-taille enamel, pearls, and red pigment (crucifix); raised, engraved, and partially gilded silver (base)
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Reliquary Casket, about 1450
Upper Rhineland, probably Basel
Engraved, cut, and gilded copper, with paper painted blue
Historisches Museum Basel, Gift of Sophie von Knosp-Schmid
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Sunday Cross, 1450–75
Basel
Raised, cast, chased, and gilded silver, with rock-crystal cabochons, glass, glass doublets with silver foil, and garnet, amethyst, sapphire, carnelian, flourite, and citrine
Römisch-Katholische Kirche Basel-Stadt (Sankt Clara)
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Hallwyl Reliquary, before 1470 (Strasbourg); 1470 (base; Mathias Frischmut)
Raised, cast, engraved, punched, and chased gold, with diamonds and a ruby (Crucifixion group); raised, cast, engraved, cut, and gilded silver, with opaque champlevé enamel, a sapphire, and a sardonyx cameo (reliquary); and gilded lindenwood (base)
Historisches Museum Basel
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Statuette of King David, about 1280 (Virgin and Child, incorporating a cameo of about 1150); about 1290–1300 (figure of David, incorporating an antique cameo of the 2nd or 3rd century A.D.); about 1320 or shortly thereafter (reliquary group); 15th century (crown and base)
Upper Rhineland, possibly Constance
Raised, cast, and cut gold, with a sardonyx cameo, glass, and garnet (David and the Virgin); raised, cast, and gilded silver, with translucent basse-taille enamel, glass, and gemstones (crown, lower section); and gilded wood (base)
Historisches Museum Basel
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Statuette of Saint Christopher, 1425–50
Upper Rhineland, probably Basel
Raised, cast, engraved, punched, and partially gilded silver
Historisches Museum Basel, On loan from the Gottfried Keller Foundation
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Dorothy Reliquary Monstrance, 1417–20 (shrine; Upper Rhineland, possibly Constance); about 1440 (base, stem, and crockets and finial above; Basel)
Raised, engraved, pounced, and partially gilded silver, with glass, translucent and opaque champlevé enamel, and a chalcedony intaglio, agate cameo, amethyst, garnet, sapphire, and spinel ruby
Historisches Museum Basel
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Reliquary Bust of Saint Ursula, 1300–1320 (bust; Upper Rhineland, probably Basel); 1325–50 (supporting collar)
Raised, engraved, cast, chased, and gilded silver, with translucent and opaque basse-taille enamel, translucent cloisonné enamel (émail de plique), and glass, all set on a raised and gilded-copper collar
Historisches Museum Basel. Purchased with contributions from the People of Basel ("Ursula-Spende"), the Verein des Historischen Museums Basel, and a subvention from the Swiss Confederation
The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
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Foot Reliquary, dated 1450
Basel
Raised, stamped, cast, and partially gilded silver, and engraved and gilded copper, all on a wood core, with translucent émaux de plique, rock crystal, glass stones, and pearls, a garnet, and a mother-of-pearl relief
Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zurich
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Ewer, 1350–75 (rock crystal; Venice or Paris); 1350–75 (mounts; Basel)
Rock crystal, with raised, cast, stamped, engraved, and gilded-silver mounts
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Kunstkammer
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Apostles Monstrance, 1330–40, with 15th-century alterations
Basel
Raised, cast, engraved, punched, and gilded silver, with translucent basse-taille decoration and rock crystal
Historisches Museum Basel
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Münch Monstrance 1490–94
Basel
Attributed to Jörg Schongauer
Raised, cast, swaged, chased, and engraved silver, with a diamond, garnet, opaque champlevé enamel, and modern glass
Historisches Museum Basel, Gift of the Government of Canton Basel-Country
Historisches Museum Basel
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