Not currently on display at the V&A

Dessert Dish

ca. 1867 (made)
Artist/Maker
J. & L. Lobmeyr (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Vienna (made)

Dessert dish, engraved glass


Object details

Categories
Glass
Eating
Object type
Dessert dish
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Dessert Dish
  • Stand
Materials and techniques
Glass, engraved
Glass
Engraved
Brief description
Dessert dish in engraved glass, made by J. & L. Lobmeyr, Vienna, ca. 1867
Physical description
Dessert dish, engraved glass
Gallery label
  • Label for 'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900', Gallery 101, de-canted March 2017: '2 Glass Dessert Dish About 1867 Shown at the International Exhibition, Paris, 1867 The South Kensington Museum, the predecessor of the V&A, bought a collection of Lobmeyr's products from the Paris exhibition. They were to serve as examples of good design and cheap production for students and manufacturers. It described Lobmeyr's display as 'designed by eminent artists', 'produced at small cost' and of 'high character in Art'. Austria, Vienna; manufactured by J.&L. Lobmeyr Glass, engraved Museum no. 612A-1869'(22/04/2017)
  • 'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900' Shown at the Paris 1867 Exhibition, this dish was part of a collection of Lobmeyr's products bought to serve as examples of good design with cheap manufacture. The purchases were for the "benefit of the Schools of Science and Art in the United Kingdom ... [and] the manufacturing industry of Great Britain and Ireland". Lobmeyr's display was singled out as "designed by eminent artists", "produced at small cost" and of "high character in Art" both in "elegancies" and "articles of daily use". (1987-2006)
Object history
Shown at the Paris 1867 Exhibition, this dish was part of a collection of Lobmeyr's products bought to serve as examples of good design with cheap manufacture.
Historical context
A collection of Lobmeyr's products was bought for the "benefit of the Schools of Science and Art in the United Kingdom ... [and] the manufacturing industry of Great Britain and Ireland". Lobmeyr's display at the Paris 1867 Exhibition was singled out as "designed by eminent artists", "produced at small cost" and of "high character in Art" both in "elegancies" and "articles of daily use".
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
612A/1&2-1869

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Record createdApril 27, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O123405/dessert-dish-j--l/
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