Study of Limoges enamel by S Caudron

This material is held atSociety of Antiquaries of London

  • Reference
    • GB 118 CAU
  • Former Reference
    • GB 118 SAL/MS/866
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1975
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • French
  • Physical Description
    • Contents page + ff. 137 + bibliography + 59 figures. Folio. Photocopies in a binder of dark and light green cloth.

Scope and Content

'Les émaux champlevés méridionaux dans les cabinets d'amateurs britanniques des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles' by Simone Caudron (Mémoire de maîtrise d'Histoire de l'Art et d'Archéologie, Paris, Oct. 1975). Photocopies of typescript and of 59 illustrations.

An account of Limoges-type enamels known to have been in British collections with changes of locations so far as known to the author. See pp. 101-2, figs. 45, 46, for the reliquary showing the martyrdom of St Thomas Becket in SA collections (Mus. Cat., no. 110). Includes references, with extracts, to SA Minute Books.

See also S. Caudron, 'Emaux champlevés de Limoges et amateurs britanniques du XVIIIe siècle', Bulletin de la Société Archéologique et Historique du Limousin, 103 (1976), 137-68, and 'Les châsses de reliquaires de Thomas Becket émaillées à Limoges: leur géographie historique', ibid., 121 (1993), 53-83; A.J., 60 (1980), 350-2.

Access Information

Open for consultation

Acquisition Information

Presented by the author, 1976. Giftbook entries, Jan.1976, 24 Nov.1977.

Other Finding Aids

https://collections.sal.org.uk/cau