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Natter's Museum Britannicum: British gem collections and collectors of the mid-eighteenth century

Hardcover • 2017 • 1. edition

Natter's Museum Britannicum: British gem collections and collectors of the mid-eighteenth century

By John Boardman, Julia Kagan, Claudia Wagner

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About the book

The German gem-engraver, medallist, and amateur scholar Lorenz Natter (1705- 1763), was so impressed by the size and quality of the collections of ancient and later engraved gems which he found in Britain that he proposed the publication of an extraordinarily ambitious catalogue - Museum Britannicum - which would present engravings and descriptions of the most important pieces. He made considerable progress to this end, producing several hundred drawings, but in time he decided to abandon the ne...Show more

Precious metal, precious stones and jewellery: artworks and design

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9781784917272

Publisher

Archaeopress

Published year

2017

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Edition

1

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Natter's Museum Britannicum: British gem collections and collectors of the mid-eighteenth century

Format

Hardcover

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