Reliquary of the Holy Thorn

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  • Samson killing Philistines
    In enamelwork: 15th century to the present: European

    …earliest surviving examples is the Reliquary of the Holy Thorn (in the Waddesdon bequest in the British Museum): the Holy Thorn, set in a gem, is surrounded by the Last Judgment scene, in which all the figures (20) are enamelled, many of them being executed wholly in the round. The…

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