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Made of copper

The Rothschilds collected 36 objects made with copper by Susanne de Court, Jean de Court and Joseph Limousin, and made in Limoges and Paris.

Casket of St Valerie
Panel; Diane de Poitiers
Casket, Abraham and Isaac
Back of a dish
Plaque, Minerva
Plate
Aeneas leaving Carthage
Plaque, Venus and Cupid
Plaque, Minerva
Judith with the head of Holofernes
Esther’s feast
Salt cellar
Mucius Scaevola
Mirror back, Meleager and Atlanta
Mirror back, Cupids
Mirror back, Dido and Diana
Subjects from the ‘Aeneid’
Spoon, Apollo
Spoon, muse
Ewer
Candle stick
Candle stick
Back of a dish
The Woman of the Apocalypse
Apollo and the Muses
Anne d’Este
Plate
Plate
Casket, the story of Tobit
Portrait of an unknown man
Wine cup, Jacob’s Ladder
Casket panel, triumph of Caesar
Casket panel, seizure of Helen
Casket panel, judgement of Paris
Casket panel, Boating party
Sibyls casket