Vitrine 23
Forged from iron (objects in the room)
Description
For many centuries iron was the most important material. It was used to make window grilles, gates, fences, railings, inn signs, spires, weather vanes and clockworks. Tools and household utensils, such as door knockers, chandeliers, locks, chests and fittings were also made of iron. In the 18th century, when numerous important upper middle-class houses were built in Basel, the art of Basel blacksmithing also reached the highest quality
In this room, works made of wrought iron - railings, gates and grilles - from the museum's collection are on display. Signs and figures, such as were common as signs for inns and taverns, are also on display.
Selection
1: Staircase railing from the house "Zum Raben" at Aeschenvorstadt 15
2: Skylight grille
3: Inn sign with key
4: Skylight grille from the "Golden Pharmacy" at Freie Strasse 20
5: Part of a gate lattice from the house "Zum Schwarzen Bären" at Aeschenvorstadt 41
6: Railing from the "Rebhaus" at Riehentorstrasse 11
7: Lattice insert of a door
8: Belfry
9: Sign of the inn "Zum schwarzen Bären" at Rheingasse 17
10: Five skylight grilles from the "Württembergerhof" at St. Albangraben 14
11: Sign of the inn "Zum Raben" in Richterswil
12: Skylight grille
13: Skylight grille from the house "Zum Pflug" at Freie Strasse 38
14: Monkey from fountain on Andreasplatz, originally corner Elisabethenstrasse / Aeschenvorstadt
15: Sign of the inn "Zum Schiff" at Barfüsserplatz
16: Skylight grille
17: Skylight grille from the house "Zum Lachs" at Fischmarkt 7
18: Skylight grille
19: Railing from the house "Zur Wolfsschlucht" at Gerbergasse 50
20: Sign of the inn "Zum Wilden Mann" on the Freie Strasse
21: Inn sign with eagle head and sword
22: Skylight grille from the house "Zum goldenen Greifen" at Greifengasse 29
23: Skylight grille from the house "Zur Tanne" at Spalenberg 53
24: Money chest
25: Money chest
26: Lattice gate from the Gundeldingen castle
27: Skylight grille
28: Barrel with carving from the Basler Ratskeller
29: Barrel with carvings from the Basler Ratskeller
30: Sign of the inn "Zum Hirzen" at Aeschenvorstadt 50
31: Money chest
32: Inn sign of the inn "Zum roten Löwen" at Greifengasse 18
33: Skylight grille
34: Skylight grille
35: Sign of the inn "Zum Ochsen" in Schönau (D)
36: Skylight grille from the house "Zum mittleren Ulm" at St. Johanns-Vorstadt 5
37: Part of a gallery lattice from the "Curionischerhof" at Elisabethenstrasse 19
38: Staircase railing from the "Curionischerhof" at Elisabethenstrasse 19
39: Skylight grille from the house "Zum blauen Mann" at Freie Strasse 48
40: Skylight grille
41: House bell from the castle Grüningen (ZH) with bell pull from the house "Zur goldenen Münz" at the Sporengasse 1