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By the 1870s some of the equipment normally found in Catholic worship, such as the ciborium, was appearing in Anglican churches.\r\n\r\nIt was not universally welcomed. Some observers found the incense, the altar cross and the emphasis on ritual scandalously 'Popish' or 'high church'.\r\n\r\nThe Gothic Revival in Europe\r\nThe Gothic revival in Europe owed more to nationalism than religious zeal. The completion of Cologne's medieval cathedral was an affirmation of German culture. In the Habsburg empire, Czechs and Hungarians similarly expressed national pride through Gothic architecture.\r\n\r\nChampions of the Gothic claimed by the 1850s that the style was triumphant in Europe. But classical architecture remained a serious rival, even in church building. Much of the most important Gothic work was in church restoration. In Germany and France, goldsmiths like Franz Xaver Hellner supplied Gothic church furnishings.","briefDescription":"Ruby glass mounted in silver-gilt, embellished with cabochons and enamels, Birmingham hallmarks for 1858-9, designed by John Hardman Powell","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<u>Colour Revolution. Victorian Art, Fashion & Design</u>. Catalogue of the exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Edited by Charlotte Ribeyrol, Matthew Winterbottom and Madeline Hewitson. 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