| […] A bowl of sardonyx, chalcedony, and agate, within which are several figures and on the outside a head of Medusa [the Tazza Farnese] | f.10,000 |
| A unicorn horn … rough estimate | f.6,000 |
| Cameos | |
| A cameo framed in gold, with four figures and the story of Icarus and Daedalus, incised on the reverse with diamonds and an inscription | f.400 |
| A cameo framed in gold, depicting three figures leaving a forest, on the reverse incised branches and roses | f.100 |
| A cameo framed in gold, depicting women who lead a baby seated on the back of a lion, incised on the reverse with diamonds, feathers and an inscription | f.450 […] |
| A green, white and black agate with a female monster reclining with a child in the sea, with an inscription on the reverse | f.25 […] |
| A cameo framed in gold, with a centaur in sardonyx on a white background carrying a bowl of fruit on his shoulder, dressed in a lion skin, a thyrsus in his hand and carved on the back with a diamond, feathers and an inscription | f.500 […] |
| A large cameo framed in gold, called the Ark, depicting 8 figures, 4 men and 4 women, an angel in the sky, a pair of horses, 2 lions, and many other animals carved on the reverse with foliage | f.2,000 […] |
| Continuing in the same study with rings | |
| […] A mother‐of‐pearl shell within which is a nascent pearl less than half‐embedded, estimated at 15 carats … | f.300 |
| Another mother of pearl shell within which, in a similar fashion, is a pearl more than half‐formed, estimated at c. 14 carats | f.300 […] |
| A thin table‐cut balas ruby framed in a plain gold band | f.500 … |
| A perfect turquoise in a gold band | f.200 … |
| A conical diamond cut in the shape of a lily | f.100 |
| A pearl set in a thin‐band ring enamelled in black | f.50 […] |
| A sand clock [hourglass] embellished with silver | f.12 […] |
| A … square panel showing Saint John the Baptist in small mosaic with a fretwork frame with a gilt silver inscription worked in the Greek manner [ie Byzantine] | f.25 |
| Another larger panel … in which is depicted in mosaic a figure of Saint Peter from the waist up, with a gilt silver frame with 10 inset reliefs depicting many stories, in Greek workmanship | f.30 |
| Another panel all in silver and enamelled, frame and insets, two figures in the frame, one of Saint Peter and one of Saint Paul, in the middle a figure of Christ standing, in mosaic | f.30 […] |
| Twenty‐five paternosters of unicorn horn | f.100 |
| A dagger, a little knife, a fork with a unicorn handle … and the case in gold | f.500 |
| A damascene coffer, silver hinges and clasps, worked inside and out with gems and cameos | f.40 |
| Another damascene coffer, silver hinges and clasps, worked inside and out with other gems and cameos | f.40 […] |
| A book of Petrarch’s work, first the Triumphs, illustrated and illuminated, written in pen on pages of handmade paper, and the Songs, Sonnets and the Vita of Dante, covered in crimson satin, with many insets … | f. — |
| A book of epigrams from ancient sources, on pages of handmade paper, that is Greek and Latin, covered in purple leather | f. — […] |
| A string of corals with 15 silver beads … and an openwork gilt pomander ball for musk | f.5 […] |
| A bowl of oriental conch shell and two mother‐of‐pearl medallions | f. — […] |
| Two pieces of Syrian jasper, very thin, polished on all sides, a square and a little pyramid | f.40 […] |
| A map showing Italy | |
| Another map showing the castle of Milan | |
| One of the world | |
| One showing the Holy Land … | |
| A map showing the three kingdoms of India […] | |
| An elephant tooth […] | |
| A damascene basin with a cover | f.8 |
The large bedchamber of Lorenzo
| […] A little box within which are an ivory seal, two boxes for musk, two cylinders of ivory and of bone, for musk, the one white, the other green | f.2 |
| A woman’s jewellery box of ivory with many carved reliefs | f.4 […] |
| Four silk towels, or rather girdles, of Moorish fabric | f.3 |
| Two towels of silk and gold stripes of various sizes. One towel used for a head wrap with a fringe of silk and gold thread | f.3 […] |
| A large coral branch | f.10 … |
| A little coral branch made of three parts with a gilt silver ferrule | f.4 |
| A little coral branch with a mother‐of‐pearl Agnus Dei and a canine tooth | f.5 […] |
| Eight and an half pieces of starched linen from Alexandria | f.40 |
| Three sets of light linen from Alexandria | f.12 |
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In the antechamber