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Not currently on display at the V&A

Plaque

ca.1800-1825 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.


Object details

Object type
Materials and techniques
Glass, micromosaic
Brief description
Black marble plaque with inset flowers, Rome, 1800-25.
Physical description
This unframed plaque may have been purchased by a tourist with the intention of mounting it as a piece of jewellery such as a brooch or pendant. It is characteristic of the smallest and least costly micromosaic items, which could easily be carried home as mementoes.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 5.1cm
Credit line
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Object history
Provenance: unknown, 1969.
Summary
Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.
Bibliographic references
  • Gabriel, Jeanette Hanisee with contributions by Anna Maria Massinelli and essays by Judy Rudoe and Massimo Alfieri. Micromosaics: The Gilbert Collection. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd. in association with The Gilbert Collection, 2000. 310 p., ill. Cat. no. 151, p. 222. ISBN 0856675113.
  • Avery, Charles, assisted by Arthur Emperatori. Mosaics from the Gilbert Collection: summary catalogue. Exhibition catalogue Victoria & Albert Museum. London: H.M.S.O. 1975, cat. no. 114.
Other numbers
  • MM 164
  • 1996.299 - The Gilbert Collection, Somerset House
  • MM 19 - Arthur Gilbert Number
Collection
Accession number
LOAN:GILBERT.945-2008

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Record createdJune 19, 2008
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