#augsburg

[armthearmour]

A fabulous blackened and gilt Gorget bearing the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece made for King Philip II of Spain, attributed to Kolman Helmschmid,

Weight: 2.9 lbs/1310 g

Augsburg, Germany, ca. 1549-1553, housed at the Real Armería, Madrid.

[cuties-in-codices]

genealogical peacock (displaying coats of arms of members of the hainhofer family of augsburg)

double-page miniature from a heraldic manuscript (stammens-beschreibung des hainhoferischen geschlechts), augsburg, 1626

source: Augsburg, SuStB, 2 Cod Aug 14, fol. 5v-6r

[allthingseurope]

Augsburg, Germany *by Le Duc

[blondebrainpowered]

Augsburg Ring with sundial in the form of a hedgehog, ca. 1580.

Gold, enamel, diamonds, and glass.

Now housed at the Kunsthistorisches Museum.

[livesunique]

Schaezlerpalais, Augsburg, Germany,

The gilded mirrored ballroom was built between 1765-1770 and has survived intact.

[velvetmasonry]

Illustrations from Augsburger Wunderzeichenbuch (Augsburg Book of Miracles)

Heinrich Vogtherr the Younger, c. 1550

[darkclassicwithin]

Augsburg, Germany

[armthearmour]

A pair of beautifully etched and pierced gauntlets which belonged to Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, attributed to Lorenz Helmschmid,

Length: 15.9 in/40.5 cm

Width: 3.9 in/10 cm

Weight (each): 1.1 lbs/520 g

Augsburg, Germany, ca. 1480-1510, housed at the Real Armería, Madrid.