Limoges enamel
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Limoges enamel has been produced at Limoges, in south-western France, over several centuries up to the present. There are two periods when it was of European importance. From the 12th century to 1370
The martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket, champlevé, 1180s (detail)
Detail of grisaille painted plate with the Rape of Europa, Jean de Court, c. 1560; the full piece
Eucharistic dove in champlevé, early 13th-century
Limoges ciborium with champlevé enamel, and center rim in pseudo-Kufic script, circa 1200.
Waddesdon Bequest
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In 1898, Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild bequeathed to the British Museum as the Waddesdon Bequest the contents from his New Smoking Room at Waddesdon Manor. This consisted of a wide-ranging collection
The new 2015 display, with Renaissance metalware, most in silver-gilt, and maiolica
Display in 2014, mostly of Renaissance enamel, but including ancient handle mounts and the St Valerie chasse reliquary
Another display in Room 45, mostly of objects in iron or Limoges enamel
Self-portrait with her family by Charlotte Nathan Rothschild, Baron Ferdinand's mother, 1838. Part of Baron Anselm's collection can be seen behind her.