# Antique Sardonyx Vase with Lid and Mount in Gilt Silver [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH, Italian]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Stone, gilt silver, height 45 cm ## Commentary This is an example of the ingenious adaptation of antique stone carvings to the taste of the Florentine Renaissance. The stone is the Augustean period, gilt silver mount from the 16th and 19th centuries. Lorenzo the Magnificent's name is incised in large capital letters on the stone, and his coat-of-arms is found on the metal base. ## Related artworks - [Antique Purple Amethyst Vessel with Gold Stem and Heavy Lid]() - [Bernardo Buontalenti Presenting a Wood Model]() - [Book cover]() - [Box with painted ivory]() - [Chalice with Medici Arms]() - [Cross of Desiderius \(back\)]() - [Cross of Desiderius \(front\)]() - [Cross of Desiderius \(front\)]() - [Cross of Desiderius]() - [Cup]() - [Cup]() - [Cup with Gilded Manikin Handles \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()