extant coins at Museum of London

[raffaellasworld]

It's the third one here I'm most interested in. Not surprisingly, it's Venetian: 
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/t/three_gold_coins.aspx

Post period, but very interesting gold Venetian coin: 
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/g/gold_105_zecchini_of_ludovico.aspx

Here is a cast bronze venetian medal, a completely different process than coining: 
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/c/cast_bronze_medal_of_giovanni.aspx

Something completely different: 
Glass flask with a portrait of Henry VII, King of England with the King's emblem of portcullis and chains in a sunburst From Venice, Italy, around AD 1500
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/g/glass_flask_with_portrait.aspx
I'd love to make this too, but I haven't even started learning to work with glass other than some lamp work beading. 

Comments

[littleone66.livejournal.com]

YOu are such a geek... love ya for it too!

[ayeshadream.livejournal.com]

Yup, I wear my geekiness with pride baby- wanna touch it?

[vanitas.livejournal.com]

Can you email me with images of late period venetian garb I just got some GREAT gold brocade.

[ayeshadream.livejournal.com]

Sure darling, no problem.

Men's or Women's? ;)

[vanitas.livejournal.com]

Men's. I am not ready to drag out the spackle and spray paint to an event

[ayeshadream.livejournal.com]

Cool baby- check this out for a start:
http://www.geocities.com/ladysveva/clothing/VeniceMen.html

Or this even better, my favorite site now features portraits of menswear:
http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/wardrobe/wardrobe.htm

Oh, and if you ever want to do Venetian drag, I so volunteer to be your support staff. That would be so fabulous!!

[vanitas.livejournal.com]

Then I would need help with making proper garb for it and it would have to be for something like 12th Night I think. I am having difficulties finding very many pictures that I can use to guide my friend that has volunteered to make an outfit. The top link had a link to a gallery but as I was going through it was contemporary painters that did lots of fruit bowls and while I am a fruit I don't particularly wish that to be his inspiration LOL.