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Lett to Right : K and J 
and enamel, and set with fine rubies, the German goldsmiths 
have gone to the designs of Daniel Mignot, of Augsburg, and 
have cleverly adapted some of his patterns to suit the purpose 
they had in view, putting into each, part of their own indivi- 
du^ty, and so giving it special dignity thereby. 
Gold and enamel, however, were not the only materials 
used for jewels. Here is one of mother-of-pearl (G) mounted 
in silver. The man whose portrait it bears, Paul Harsdorffer, 
was an Imperial Privy Councillor and a sheriff in Nuremberg. 
a person of high distinction, and belonging to a patrician 
family from whom sprang Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, the poet. 
The reverse bears the family coat-of-arms. Another (H) 
is in ivory, and sets forth "The Last Judgment," "Christ 
Crowned," between the Virgin and St. John, and with the 
emblems of the Passion. 
This, probably wrought in Spain in the fifteenth centurj-, 
was very possibly an enseigne or hat ornament set as a sign 
of pilgrimage to some remote shrine, as Chaucer says : "They 
sett their signys upon their hedes and som upon their capp." 
Another cap ornament is in painted enamel (J), French work 
of the sixteenth century, and depicts the Emperor Charles V. 
on a bright blue background inscribed " CAROL VS REX 
CATOLICVS" while yet another (K), in gold enamel, shows 
"The Entombment," and is Itahan work, richly set in 
precious metal, and adorned on the frame with fine table-cut 
diamonds. The pathos of the scene is marvellously set forth. 
Perhaps two ivory medalUons were also hat ornaments, 
and one (L) represents Goetz von Berlichingen, the fjimous 
Left to Right : L and M 
German knight — Goetz of the Iron Hand, as he was called, 
from the artificial gauntlet he wore in lieu of his right 
hand, so well adapted, that, with it, he could wield his 
sword with terrible effect. On the reverse are his family 
arms — in one respect, inaccurately carved. 
The other (M) more strictly a medallion to be worn as a 
jewel, came from the Oppenheim collection, and represents, 
on one side, Farel, the Genevan Minister at Neufchatel, and 
on the other Calvin, and both portraits are signed by the 
renowned craftsman Hans Reinhart, the medallist and gold- 
smith of Leipzig. To two badges of the French Order of St. 
Michel belongs an interesting discovery. 
Our illustrations (N and O) show the ordinary badges 
worn by the two degrees in knighthood, each of them finely 
wrought in gold and enamel, and very seldom seen. 
Another illustration (P) depicts one which on first discovery 
was declared to be a forgery, no such badge having before 
, been discovered ; but it fell to the writer to ascertain, in Paris, 
from the archives, that Louis XIV. added to the knights six 
ecclesiastics who were to wear shell cameo badges, and the 
only one that has survived is that illustrated here. Two 
more jewels were also largely composed of baroque p>earl. 
One (Q) is Italian, and represents a swan ; another, Augsburg 
work, forms a Calvary (R), exquisitely wrought, and on the 
back adorned with niello work in black enamel ; while, 
finally, allusion should be made to a gold medallion of the 
Archduke Maximilian (S) (1558-1618) from the Spitzer 
collection, richly mounted in gold and enamel. 
Top Row (Left to Right) : N, Q, O. Bottom Row (Left to Right) : P, R, S. 
