Flask and Stopper
ca. 1851 (made)
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This flask was purchased for £66 16s from the Great Exhibition, London, 1851, at which François-Désiré Froment-Meurice was awarded a Council Medal. The flask bears the mark of Jules Wièse, whose association with Froment-Meurice began when he entered his workshop in 1839. "The visitor to the Great Exhibition may search in vain through the whole length and breadth of the vast edifice for works more truly beautiful of their class, than those contributed by M. FROMENT-MEURICE, the eminent goldsmith and jeweller of Paris (Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, parcel-gilt, and niello, blue glass set with garnets |
| Brief description | Silver, parcel-gilt, niello, blue glass and garnets, Paris ca.1851, manufactured by Froment-Meurice. |
| Physical description | Flask with stopper. Silver, parcel-gilt and niello, openwork over blue glass set with garnets. |
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| Object history | Purchased from the Great Exhibition, London for £16 16s |
| Summary | This flask was purchased for £66 16s from the Great Exhibition, London, 1851, at which François-Désiré Froment-Meurice was awarded a Council Medal. The flask bears the mark of Jules Wièse, whose association with Froment-Meurice began when he entered his workshop in 1839. "The visitor to the Great Exhibition may search in vain through the whole length and breadth of the vast edifice for works more truly beautiful of their class, than those contributed by M. FROMENT-MEURICE, the eminent goldsmith and jeweller of Paris (Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue |
| Bibliographic reference | Edgcumbe, Richard in Simon Jervis ed. Art and Design in Europe and America, 1800-1900, London, The Herbert Press, 1987, pp.80-81 ill. ISBN 0906969751 |
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| Accession number | 168:1, 2-1854 |
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| Record created | May 24, 2006 |
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