Jakob Stampfer, Zurich, 1550/1552 – Cast and beaten silver, engraved, and partly gold-plated – H 38 cm – Inv. 1882.103. – Amerbach Cabinet
Bonifacius Amerbach bought this superb piece from his friend Thomas Blarer, the Mayor of …
Stater, ca. 480–456 B.C. – Silver, minted – Dia. 21.2 mm, weight 12.415 g – Inv. 1989.508.
Aegina minted what are probably the oldest silver coins in Greece. In doing so, it created …
Basle, after 1270 – Silver and copper, embossed, engraved, gilded – height 49 cm – Inv. 1882.87.
Of all the different forms of reliquary, the head or bust reliquary is particularly …
Joachim Tielke, Hamburg, ca. 1708 – Six strings, top spruce, sides and back maple, edges reinforced with ivory, two C-shaped sound holes, fingerboard and tailpiece adorned with tortoiseshell and ivory marquetry – L (incl. neck) 119.4 cm, L (corpus only) 68.4 cm – Inv. 1872.65.
Joachim Tielke (born 1641 in Königsberg, died 1719 in Hamburg) ranks among northern …
Basel, ca. 1468 – Wool tapestry, two sections each height 123–128.5 cm, width 253 cm – Inv. 1981.88.
The purchase of this tapestry from a South German collection for the 1981 reopening of the …
Anton Graff, Basle, ca. 1786 – Oil on canvas – 114.5 x 84 cm – Inv. 1976.175.
J.R. Burckhardt (1750-1813) was by profession a silk ribbon manufacturer and from 1777 held …
Mechelen, dated 1474 – Jean de Malines, Mechelen Cast bronze – length 255.5 cm, calibre 22.8 cm – Inv. 1874.95.
The Basle chronicler Johannes Knebel reports that on 14 March 1476 the Basle troops brought …
Strasbourg, Paul Hannong, numbered on glaze I and 2, 1748 54 – Faience with painting on glaze in enamel colours – height 32.5 and 36.5 cm – Inv. 1973.76.
The Paul Hannong factory owed its success to its policy of employing potters, painters and …
Probably Basel, late 19th century – Woodwork and coach-building – Ironware and metalworking – H. 164 cm, W. 115 cm, L. 240 cm – Inv. 2004.159.
Self-driven horse-drawn sleighs like this one were used for the sleigh rides into Baden or …
(Antwerp?), 1572 – At quint or octave pitch; compass C/E-a2 (without g#2) Case made of poplar painted in tempera; softwood soundboard; keytops made of bone (white keys) and bog oak (sharps); brass and steel strings – H. 17.9 x W 92.5 x D 33 cm – Inv. 1990.426.
That this instrument, which the people of Basel used to called a Spinet, is Flemish in …
Dated 1512; workshop of Ivo Strigel, Christoph Zeller and other masters, Memmingen – Linden wood, carved and painted, panel painting – H 375 cm, W 567 cm (open) Inv. 1887.95.
Mounted on a predella showing Christ with the twelve Apostles, the open altar chest …
Geneva, ca. 1820 – Bordier à Genève, active in 19th century – Movement with verge escapement and quarter repeater with ding-dong chimes; hour and minute hands – Inv. 1982.1093.
This watch in a red gold case has a glass window in the lid showing the movement with …
dated 1746 – Fransois Feury, Paris – Two melody and four drone strings of gut, four steel sympathetic strings – front fir, body of maple and mahogany splints – two C shaped sound holes – keys and edge of lid faced or inlaid with ivory and ebony – overall length 64 cm – Inv.1882.27.
The signature of François Feury (Paris ca. 1711 - after 1772) is found on the inside of the …
Johann Ulrich Fechter 11, Basle, ca. 1720 – Silver, embossed, cast, chased, punched, parcel gilt – height 7.4 cm, width 9.3 cm, length 11.5 cm – Inv. 1991.256.
The gilded box stands on a protruding wavy edged rim that is repeated on the lid. The …
George Charle, London, ca. 1800 – Gilt bronze, brass – case: gold, embossed and pierced – dial: enamel – hands: blued steel; spring with chain and fusee – height 6 cm, width 4 cm, thickness 2.3 cm – diameter of outer case 4.7 cm – Inv. 1919.203.
The signature, "Charle in London", is engraved in italic script on the back plate. Its …
dated 1814 – Carl Joseph Alois Agricola, Karlsruhe Brush drawing with body colour – 21.8 x 27.4 cm – Inv. 1953.436.
The miniature portrait, probably a study for a lithograph, shows the 54 year old vernacular …
dated 1595 – Attributed to Jakob Plepp, Basle – Height 55 cm, width 37.5 cm – Inv. 1991.257.
After his successful mediation in the 1594 rebellion of the subjects of the Basle region, …
Basle, ca. 1380 – Red sandstone, originally painted, overall height 10.6 m, height of Madonna 128 cm – Inv. 1910.104.
The fountain at the Fischmarkt (fish market) in Basle was commissioned at approximately the …
Probably Basle, ca. 1820/30 – Forged iron, cast bronze – length 17.5 cm – Inv. 1909.257.
Keys are not merely instruments for locking, but often also symbolic. To have the key is to …
Johannes Linder I, Basle, 1638 – Cast pewter, soldered – height 42 cm – Inv. 1875.29.
The guild and corporation vessels documented since the C15 can be classified neither as …
Sebastian Merian, Basle, 1687 – Silver, cast, embossed, chased, punched, engraved, parcel gilt, height 59 cm – Inv. 1895.63.
In Basle the goldsmiths, coiners, money changers, jewellers and foundrymen were amalgamated …
France(?), ca. 1825 – Wool and silk – Jacquard woven, twill 2/2: length 333 cm, width 142 cm, fringe 8 cm – Inv. 1954.88.
The original Indian Kashmir shawl was woven from the wool of the Tibetan goat and the …
1st half 1st century AD – Found at Bäumleingasse 20, Basle – Clay, turned, with red coating and relief decoration minor repairs – diameter 21.8 cm – Inv. 1960.516.
The bowl, decorated with flowers and foliage, bears the stamp of the potter Gabianus. In …
Left: Strasbourg, Paul Hannong, ca. 1750 – right: Emanuel J. Streckeisen, Basle, ca. 1800 – Faience, overglaze painting, height 20.7 cm – pewter, height 18.8 cm – Inv. 1988.211. – Inv. 1895.66.
In times of shortage traditional utensils of silver or vermeil were replaced by cheaper …
Unsigned – attributed to Georges Cousineau, Paris, 1775 85 – Compass 38 strings (El g3) seven pedals (left A, G, F, E, right D, C, B) sound box pine and maple, painted black; tuning pegs, pedals and mechanism iron – strings, gut – overall height 161.5 cm, width 40 cm, depth 79.5 cm – Inv. 1956.542.
Many details of the construction, of the execution of the carved neck spiral and of the …
Bing brothers, Nuremberg, ca. 1910 – Metal with steam engine – height with trolley 17.2 cm, length without flag 60 cm – Inv. 1972.178.
The warship is one of those mechanical toys, like trains and cars, that presuppose …
Milan, double ducat, undated, 1479(?) Gold, struck – weight 6.963 g – diameter 23.9 mm – Inv. 1918.1724.
In the C13 gold coins once again began to be issued successfully - in 1252 by Florence and …
Lake Constance, ca. 1500 – Limewood, painted, height 190 cm – Inv. 1898.275.
The Museum holds the astonishing number of five Late Gothic Palmesel, or wooden donkeys for …
Basle, ca. 1500 – Silver, parcel gilt, wildman figures cast in the round – diameter 15.2 cm – Inv. 1875.78.
The escutcheon of Basle supported by male and female woodhouses is set in a strongly …
Rhagae, drachma, ca. 123-88 BC – Silver, struck – weight 4,127 g – diameter 19.8 mm – Inv. 1908.2282.
In the Persian Empire the great king and his representatives, the satraps, occupied the …