Fig. 164.—English Chalice, Corpus Christi College, Oxford; 1507. (C.)
Clocks were also objects which received a pronounced architectural treatment. A favourite design was a church tower, or a fortified tower, embattled, and having a spreading base, in which were open archways.
Fig. 165.—Standing Cup, Corpus
Christi College, Cambridge;
1599. (C.)
Fig. 166.—Enamelled Cup at King’s
Lynn; 1350. (C.)
The goldsmiths of Italy in the sixteenth century were painters and architects as well, and a decided architectural construction is clearly seen in most of the gold and silver-smithery of this period. The monstrance (Fig. 168) is a good illustration of this, and another is the pax (Fig. 169). The church altar furniture and silver plate of the period also partook of the prevailing architectural features.
Fig. 167.—Hanap; German. (S.K.M.)