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Techniques / relief

These things were made in Augsburg, Germany and Italy between AD 400 and 1898. David I Schwestermüller made one of them.

The Holy Thorn Reliquary
Book cover
Book cover
Cabinet
Griffin claw cup
Sand glass
Rock-crystal cup
Hanse tankard
Cup of the Tucher Family
Cup of the Tucher Family
Ostrich egg cup
Ostrich egg powder flask
Huntsman automaton
Cup
Nautilus shell cup
Cup with shell cameos
Heliotrope ewer
The ‘Cellini’ vase
Heliotrope cup
Bear cup
Heliotrope cup
Neptune quartz cup
Silver
The Susanna tankard
Wine cup, Earth
Wine cup, justice
Wine cup, air
Wine cups, water
Wine cup, fire
Wine cup, charity
Wine cup, hope
Wine cup, fortitude
Wine cup, patience
Wine cup, faith
Wine cup, prudence
Wine cup, temperance
Ewer
Iron coffer
Salt cellar
Folding spoon and fork
Case and instruments
Silver folding fork
Spring driven table clock
Snuff-grater
Book covers
Buckle and belt-end
Gun-powder flask
House altar
The Annunciation
Ring with cameo of an African man
The Judgement of Paris
Mermaid
Toothpick
Pendant, the Coronation of the Virgin
Martin Luther
The Pressburg Cup
Cup
Bucket
An Allegory of Bad Government
Portrait medal, Berchtold Holzschuher
Miniature altar-piece
Ring with boxwood pendant
Prayer nut
Prayer nut
Prayer nut
Prayer nut
Miniature tabernacle and case
Portrait of Wolfgang Thenn, aged 31
Tankard
Casket