Girdle
1871 (made)
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Girdle, steel panels, damascened and set with enamels, lapis-lazuli, Roman mosaics and onyx cameos; the cameos signed: L. Rosi; the steel signed by Antonio Cortelazzo.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, gilded silver, gold inlaid steel, enamel, lapis-lazuli, layered agate and micromosaic of shell and coloured glass |
| Brief description | Girdle, Italy, Vicenza, 1871; made by Antonio Cortelazzo (1820-1903); cameos by Luigi Rosi, Rome Silver, gilded silver, gold inlaid steel, enamel, lapis-lazuli, layered agate and micromosaic of shell and coloured glass |
| Physical description | Girdle, steel panels, damascened and set with enamels, lapis-lazuli, Roman mosaics and onyx cameos; the cameos signed: L. Rosi; the steel signed by Antonio Cortelazzo. |
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| Credit line | Given by W. D. Clark |
| Object history | Probably shown at the International Exhibition, London, 1871. Commissioned by Mr and Mrs George T. Clark of Talygarn House, Glamorgan, and decorated with their arms. Mr Clark was an engineer, a philanthropist and an antiquary. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | John Culme, Nineteenth-Century Silver, Country Life Books, 1977, plates on pages 110, 178-9 for vessels in silver.
Judy Rudoe, 'The Layards, Cortelazzo and Castellani: new information from the diaries of Lady Layard', Jewellery Studies, vol. 1, 1983-84, pp. 59-82 (including detailed discussion of the girdle in the V&A).
Works sold at auction include: Sotheby's, London, 4 July 1989, lot 397 (dagger); Sotheby's, Geneva, 5 November 2001, lot 23 (vase and basin); Sotheby's, Milan, 10 July 2007, lot 734; Christie's, New York, 22 October 2009, lot 75 (vase, attributed). |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.336&A-1958 |
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| Record created | April 7, 2005 |
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