Christening bowl in 3D

Scanning shiny and reflective items is a challenge. Over the years, we have developed methods to successfully capture even such very difficult to 3D scan products in very high quality. We show this here using one of our 3D works as an example.

Photogrammetric 3D Scan of the “Taufschale Friedrich Barbarossa” (Gold with Silver)
Around 1122, Otto was the godfather of the eldest son of Duke Frederick II of Swabia, later Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa. To commemorate this event, the emperor later gave him a baptismal bowl, which Otto donated to the Kappenberg monastery in his so-called will.

A copy of the baptismal bowl can be found today in the church treasury of the Catholic parish church of St. Johannes Evangelist in Selm-Cappenberg, the former monastery church of the Premonstratensian monastery of Cappenberg. The original was sold after the abolition of Cappenberg in 1803 and on detours via Bad Godesberg and Weimar finally came to Berlin, where it is now in the Museum of Decorative Arts.

Further examples from the museum sector in 3D.