{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O90402"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O90402/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2006AE8071/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2006AE8071/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"high","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2006AE8071","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2006AF5120","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2017KN4642","copyright":"©Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2017KB7674","copyright":"©Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":{"_iiif_pres":"https://iiif.vam.ac.uk/collections/O90402/manifest.json","_alt_iiif_pres":[]}},"record":{"systemNumber":"O90402","accessionNumber":"270&:1 to 7-1875","objectType":"Shrine","titles":[],"summaryDescription":"This highly worked shrine was probably dedicated to the Virgin. Its narrative scenes depict the events around Christ's birth, and the here missing crowning figure of the Virgin would have been the most prominent feature. The overall form is reminiscent of tomb monuments surviving in and around Gdansk (Poland), particularly those at the Oliva Monastery, indicating that the shrine probably originates there there and dates from about the mid 17th century. \n","physicalDescription":"The three tiers rest on four ball feet of clear amber; panels also of clear amber, faceted above, and with semi-spherical cavities gounged out on the underside, placed over foil, decorate the lowest tier and back, and a clear amber panel carved in a star-shape and laid over foil is set over the central door. ","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"amber","id":"AAT12934"},{"text":"wood","id":"AAT11914"},{"text":"ivory","id":"AAT11857"},{"text":"horn","id":"AAT11826"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Amber on a wooden core with ivory reliefs on a horn backing, with metal hinges and locks","categories":[{"text":"Christianity","id":"THES48978"},{"text":"Sculpture","id":"THES48896"},{"text":"Religion","id":"THES48900"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SCP","id":"THES48600"},"images":["2006AE8071","2006AF5120","2017KN4642","2017KB7674"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"111","id":"THES49918"},"free":"","case":"CA002","shelf":"001","box":""},{"current":{"text":"111","id":"THES49918"},"free":"","case":"CA002","shelf":"001","box":""},{"current":{"text":"111","id":"THES49918"},"free":"","case":"CA002","shelf":"001","box":""},{"current":{"text":"111","id":"THES49918"},"free":"","case":"CA002","shelf":"001","box":""},{"current":{"text":"111","id":"THES49918"},"free":"","case":"CA002","shelf":"001","box":""},{"current":{"text":"111","id":"THES49918"},"free":"","case":"CA002","shelf":"001","box":""},{"current":{"text":"111","id":"THES49918"},"free":"","case":"CA002","shelf":"001","box":""},{"current":{"text":"111","id":"THES49918"},"free":"","case":"CA002","shelf":"001","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Shrine","id":"AAT7558"}],[{"text":"Fragment","id":""}],[{"text":"Fragment","id":""}],[{"text":"Fragment","id":""}],[{"text":"Fragment","id":""}],[{"text":"Fragment","id":""}],[{"text":"Fragment","id":""}],[{"text":"Fragment","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Gdansk","id":"x36787"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1650-1680","earliest":"1645-01-01","latest":"1680-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Miss E. M. Dorrell","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"25.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Length","value":"17","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"10.4","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Given by Miss E.M. Dorrell in 1875. ","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Shrine, amber on a wooden core with ivory reliefs on a horn backing, probably made in Gdańsk (formerly Danzig), Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ca. 1650-1680","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<font -u>List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington, Acquired During the Year 1875, Arranged According to the Dates of Acquisition.</font> London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., p. 19"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Trusted, Marjorie. <font -u>Catalogue of European Ambers in the Victoria and Albert Museum.</font> London, 1985, cat. no. 10"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Jesus Christ","id":"N1515"},{"text":"Mary (Virgin Mary)","id":"N480"},{"text":"John (Saint John the Baptist)","id":"N450"},{"text":"Wise Men","id":"N1412"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[{"text":"The Flight into Egypt","id":"V131"},{"text":"Journey of the Magi","id":"V302"},{"text":"Baptism of Christ","id":"V168"},{"text":"The Annunciation","id":"V30"},{"text":"The Adoration of the Shepherds","id":"V162"}],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"star","id":"AAT9811"},{"text":"cross","id":"AAT10044"},{"text":"flowers (plants)","id":"AAT132399"},{"text":"festoon","id":"AAT167386"},{"text":"moon","id":"x30118"},{"text":"shepherd","id":"AAT25617"},{"text":"angel","id":"x30526"},{"text":"dove","id":"x30126"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["270-1875","270:1-1875","270:2-1875","270:3-1875","270:4-1875","270:5-1875","270:6-1875","270:7-1875"],"accessionNumberNum":"270","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1875,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Shrine events around the birth of christ","Fragment [1]","Fragment [2]","Fragment [3]","Fragment [4]","Fragment [5]","Fragment [6]","Fragment [7]"],"assets":["2019LM5177","2019LN1008","2019LP1643","2019LU5970","2019LU2457","2019LU1091","2019LT7906","2019LW8275","2019LW5222","2019LW3583","2019LW0528"],"recordModificationDate":"2026-05-14","recordCreationDate":"2004-01-28","availableToBook":false}}