Gold Objects - Fifa World Cup Trophy, Menorah, Royal Gold Cup, Ring of Pietroassa, Golden Madonna of Essen, Dunstable Swan Jewel (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 64. Chapters: FIFA World Cup Trophy, Menorah, Royal Gold Cup, Ring of Pietroassa, Golden Madonna of Essen, Dunstable Swan Jewel, Golden Horns of Gallehus, Golden hat, Cross of Lothair, Mold cape, Votive crown, Berlin Gold Hat, Mercy seat, Pyrgi Tablets, Banc Ty'nddol sun-disc, Bimaran casket, Stirling torcs, Treasure of Guarrazar, Alfred Jewel, Golden Hat of Schifferstadt, Sedgeford Torc, Golden Cone of Ezelsdorf-Buch, Oxus Treasure, Pereshchepina Treasure, Mask of Agamemnon, Sycee, Rillaton Barrow, Treasure of Villena, Cellini Salt Cellar, Ram in a Thicket, Ringlemere Cup, Wonoboyo hoard, Towednack, Fishpool Hoard, Casco de Leiro, Agate Casket of Oviedo, Reliquary Shrine of Saint Eleutherius, Chiemsee Cauldron, Theseus Ring, Gold lunula, Tiara of Saitaferne, Panagyurishte Treasure, Pala d'Oro, Comerford Crown, Lalibela Cross, Avanton Gold Cone. Excerpt: The Royal Gold Cup or Saint Agnes Cup is a solid gold covered cup lavishly decorated with enamel and pearls. It was made for the French royal family at the end of the 14th century, and later belonged to several English monarchs before spending nearly 300 years in Spain. It has been in the British Museum since 1892, and is generally agreed to be the outstanding surviving example of late medieval French plate. It has been described as "the one surviving royal magnificence of the International Gothic age"; and according to Thomas Hoving, former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, "of all the princely jewels and gold that have come down to us, this is the most spectacular-and that includes the great royal treasures." The cup is made of solid gold, stands 23.6 cm (9.25 inches) high with a diameter of 17.8 cm (6.94 inches) at its widest point, and weighs 1.935 kg (4.26 lb). It has a cover that lifts off, but the triangular stand on which it once stood is now lost. T...