Holbein's work for the English court did not stop at portraits; he also produced designs for court dress, necklaces, jewellery, hat-badges and brooches. More than two hundred and fifty designs for craftsmen, particularly goldsmiths, are attributed to him, and he was responsible for much of the plate and weapons in use at Henry's court. His decorative style shows a delight in flowing Renaissance forms of exuberant and sophisticated complexity that contrasts sharply with the direct realism of his portraits.

The most lavish and ornate design for goldsmith's work now surviving is Jane Seymour's Cup, which was ordered by Henry when he married Jane Seymour in 1536. The design has all the grace and stylish refinement that we associate with European mannerism; few other examples of such calibre were to find their way to England.

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	Design for a Pendant 1533-36 Pen and ink with watercolour, 37,3 x 14,3 cm British Museum, London
	Jane Seymour's Cup c. 1536 Pen, indian ink, and watercolour, 376 x 155 mm Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
	The initial E in the manuscript of Canones horoptri by Nikolaus Kratzer c. 1528 Tempera on parchment, 238 x 168 mm Bodleian Library, Oxford
	Model of the `Zum Tanz" house (reconstruction) - Drawing Kupferstichkabinett, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel
	Drawing for the Façade Paintings in the Eisengasse (copy) first half of 16th century Pen and black and brown ink, washed and watercolour, 570 x 338 mm Staatliche Museen, Berlin