Sat, 03 Oct 2015
Rothschild Artifacts
The British Museum's Waddesdon Bequest is a new gallery showing off a lot of real treasures Baron Ferdinand Rothschild accumulated in the 19th Century. It's free and contains some beautiful things, from medieval holy reliquaries to gothic jewellery. It even has a glittering 17th Century "robot" (an automaton).
The British Museum page shows off some of these stunning objects.
Right: Nautilus Cup, Shell (Nautilus Pompilius),
silver gilt mount. North European. About 1550.