Connections: Reverence

Armorer Hermes Knauer reminisces about some of the beautiful objects he has rescued and on the spirituality of craftsmanship.

"Sometimes it just takes a little bit of a sparkle of gold or a little bit of silver to kind of reveal that once this was golden."

Armorer Hermes Knauer reminisces about some of the beautiful objects he has rescued and on the spirituality of craftsmanship.


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Burgonet, Filippo Negroli  Italian, Steel, gold, textile, Italian, Milan
Filippo Negroli
dated 1543
Saber with Scabbard, Steel, gold, silver, jade (nephrite), diamonds, emeralds, pearls, grip, Indian; guard, scabbard, and decoration on blade, Turkish; blade, Iranian
grip, Indian; guard, scabbard, and decoration on blade, Turkish; blade, Iranian
grip, 18th or 19th century; guard and scabbard, 19th century; blade, dated A.H. 1099/1688 CE; decoration on blade, 19th century
Blade for a Sword (Katana), Etchū no kami Fujiwara Takahira  Japanese, Steel, Japanese
Etchū no kami Fujiwara Takahira
dated June 1622
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense), Iron, leather, gold, silver, brass or copper alloy, textile, Tibetan or Mongolian
Tibetan or Mongolian
late 15th–early 17th century
Shirt of Mail and Plate of Emperor Shah Jahan (reigned 1624–58), Steel, iron, gold, leather, Indian
Indian
dated A.H. 1042/1632–33 CE
Ten Elements for East Window of an Architectural Ensemble from a Jain Meeting Hall, Teak with traces of color, India (Gujarat, Patan)
India (Gujarat, Patan)
last quarter of 16th century
Diana and the Stag, Joachim Friess, Partially gilded silver, enamel, jewels (case); iron, wood (movement), German, Augsburg
Joachim Friess
ca. 1620
Bronze chariot inlaid with ivory, Bronze, ivory, Etruscan
Etruscan
2nd quarter of the 6th century BCE
Helmet with divine figures beneath a bird with outstretched wings, Bronze, gold foil over bitumen, Elamite
Elamite
ca. 1500–1100 BCE
Statuette of a Royal (?)  Woman with the Cartouches of Necho II on her Arms, Silver
610–595 B.C.