![]() Rothschild selected intricate, superbly executed, highly decorated and rather ostentatious works of the Late Gothic, Renaissance and Mannerist periods for this collection. Most of the objects are from late Renaissance Europe there are several important medieval pieces, and outliers from classical antiquity and medieval Syria. The wide-ranging collection is in the tradition of a treasure house, such as those owned by the Renaissance princes of Europe. Earlier than most objects is the Holy Thorn Reliquary, probably created in the 1390s in Paris for John, Duke of Berry. Taken from his New Smoking Room at Waddesdon Manor, it consists of almost 300 pieces, including jewellery, plate, enamel, carvings, glass and maiolica. The Waddesdon Bequest was left to the British Museum in 1898 by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild's will. Part of the 2015 display of the Waddesdon Bequest ![]()
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