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<p>[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 2830035, member: 82322"]I was at The Frick Collection in New York City today. There is an amazing exhibit of portrait medals on display there for the next three weeks.</p><p><br /></p><p>The kylix reminds me of a gilt silver cup from 1614. Here is the picture from the exhibit: <a href="http://www.frick.org/exhibitions/scher/77" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.frick.org/exhibitions/scher/77" rel="nofollow">http://www.frick.org/exhibitions/scher/77</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The cub was decorated with impressions of then-current coins and also with a medal impression.</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone is in New York this is probably your best chance to see Renaissance medals. I had previously only seen one or two other than in books. In person many of them are extremely impressive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 2830035, member: 82322"]I was at The Frick Collection in New York City today. There is an amazing exhibit of portrait medals on display there for the next three weeks. The kylix reminds me of a gilt silver cup from 1614. Here is the picture from the exhibit: [url]http://www.frick.org/exhibitions/scher/77[/url] The cub was decorated with impressions of then-current coins and also with a medal impression. If anyone is in New York this is probably your best chance to see Renaissance medals. I had previously only seen one or two other than in books. In person many of them are extremely impressive.[/QUOTE]
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