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
Physical description
Flask with stopper. Silver, parcel-gilt and niello, openwork over blue glass set with garnets.
Place of Origin
Paris, France (made)
Date
ca. 1851 (made)
Artist/maker
François-Désiré Froment-Meurice, born 1802 - died 1855 (manufacturer)
Wièse, Jules (maker)
Materials and Techniques
Silver, parcel-gilt, and niello, blue glass set with garnets
Marks and inscriptions
Mark of Jules Wièse
Resticted warranty mark for silver, Paris, in use from 1838
The stopper engraved: FROMENT MEURICE
Dimensions
Height: 16.25 in, Width: 6.5 in, Depth: 4.25 in
Object history note
Purchased from the Great Exhibition, London for £16 16s
Descriptive line
Silver, parcel-gilt, niello, blue glass and garnets, Paris ca.1851, manufactured by Froment-Meurice.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
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
Exhibition History
Art and Design in Europe and North America, 1800-1900 (Victoria and Albert Museum 01/01/1987-31/12/2006)
Labels and date
FLASK
Manufacturer: F.-D Froment-Meurice (1802-1855)
Maker: Jules Wièse (1818-1890)
Paris, about 1851
Silver, parcel-gilt with blue glass and garnets
168-1854
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 enetred 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 [1987-2006]
Materials
Silver; Glass; Garnet
Techniques
Niello
Categories
Containers; Drinking; Metalwork
Collection code
MET
