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ID number: BIRBI-50.16 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Title / Object name: Crozier Head in the form of a Serpent Object type: Art object Place made: Limoges, France Culture: French Date made: 13th century Materials: Metal with cloisonné enamel Measurements: 37 cm; 14.6 cm high excluding modern mount Provenance: Collection of Abbé Lambert, Paris, directly prior to Drey; purchased from F.A Drey, London, November 1950, for £650 |
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A crozier is a hooked and stylised staff carried by abbots and bishops as a symbol of their pastoral office and authority. Cloisonné enamelling involves soldering to a metal surface delicate metal strips that have been bent to the outline of a design. The resulting spaces (called cloisons, French for ‘compartments’) are filled with vitreous enamel paste, before the object is fired. |
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