ACTIVITIES:

• Exhibitions:
  • 19th-Century Silver Tableware, 1997

Head of the Collection: Ljiljana Ivusic, Senior Curator

The collection includes some 400 objects of exceptional value ranging in date from the 17th to the early 20th century, i.e. from the baroque to the Art Nouveau styles. These articles largely belong to applied arts and are made of precious or base metals (gold, silver, bronze, iron, brass, etc.) The great variety of forms and practical uses of these items bear witness to the fact that the citizens of Dubrovnik had a highly developed aesthetic sense which kept abreast of the European trends of the time. Dubrovnik was one of Croatia's the most significant centres of the goldsmith's trade which was cultivated from the 13th well into the mid-20th centuries. During this whole period, the goldsmiths from Dubrovnik stamped their handicraft works with the old and prestigious hallmark of the former Dubrovnik Republic: The head of St. Blasius wearing a mitre. What makes this collection particularly valuable and interesting are precisely these objects bearing the hallmark of the Dubrovnik Republic as well as the stamps of native goldsmiths. The items have largely been acquired or presented to the Museum, while some were confiscated. Their origin is related to Dubrovnik, but also to imports from neighbouring European countries, primarily Italy and Austria, and to a smaller extent from France, Spain, and Russia. The collection can be divided into a number of smaller groups of items: A small collection of jewellery from the workshop of the Dubrovnik goldsmith Antun Linardovic, smaller collections of cutlery, tableware, candelabra, locks and keys, as well as other individual everyday utensils or decorative objects.

• Lucerna (Oil Lamp)
• Lucerna
• Cutlery
• Dessert Cutlery
• Smelling Salts Dish
• Ring

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