Keywords: French - Clasp with Annunciation Scene - Walters 44115.jpg During the Middle Ages copper mantle clasps with enameled decoration and gemstones were primarily made for church garments This clasp is decorated with the Annunciation scene showing the Virgin and Gabriel surrounded by six dragons This piece surely belonged to an ecclesiastical vestment ca 1325 Gothic champlevé enamel on copper cm 14 1 accession number 44 115 1831 Collection of Chalandon Lyons date and mode of acquisition unknown Henri Daguerre Paris date of acquisition unknown by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1927 Songs of Glory Medieval Art from 900-1500 Oklahoma Museum of Art Oklahoma City 1985 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2006-2009 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry El Paso Museum of Art El Paso 2010 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Illuminated Manuscripts Masterpieces in Miniature The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984-1985 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Champlevé of Europe Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review 1320s jewellery |