Bowl
1697 (marked)
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This bowl was probably used on the dining table to hold hot liquid. Its functional form allows the lid to be removed and set upon its balled feet as a dish. The various initials engraved at different times on the underside of this dish suggest that the object was a family heirloom.
Outside the wealthiest court circles, 17th-century silver was used primarily for eating and drinking. The dining table was the heart of social activity, and novelty items were made for fashionable new drinks flavoured with spices and drinking games. The range of British silver for the home from this period (the first for which a representative quantity survives) demonstrates increasing foreign influences from France, the Netherlands and Portugal. The rising demand for fashionably decorated European silver from the 1660s onwards reflects Britain’s new wealth and political stability.
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.
Outside the wealthiest court circles, 17th-century silver was used primarily for eating and drinking. The dining table was the heart of social activity, and novelty items were made for fashionable new drinks flavoured with spices and drinking games. The range of British silver for the home from this period (the first for which a representative quantity survives) demonstrates increasing foreign influences from France, the Netherlands and Portugal. The rising demand for fashionably decorated European silver from the 1660s onwards reflects Britain’s new wealth and political stability.
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.
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Partially gilded (parcel-gilt) silver raised, cast, repousse, chased, embossed, and engraved |
Brief description | Parcel-gilt silver covered bowl; Johann Daniel Tamnau, Kaliningrad, 1697 |
Physical description | Shallow, circular bowl resting on three ball feet, the body decorated with repouse and chased naturalistic flowers and supplied with two hinged scroll-handles. The raised cover is embossed in the centre with a scene of three putti around a fire, an allegorical representation of winter, and chased with flowers around the border. The cover is surmounted by three ball feet, so when reversed it can be used as a dish. |
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Gallery label | (Gallery 70, case 3)
5. Covered bowl with an allegory
of Winter
1697
This bowl was probably used to hold hot soup. Its design allows the lid to be removed and set upon its balled feet as a dish.
Kaliningrad, Russia; Johann Daniel Tamnau I (about 1659–1732)
Partially gilded silver
Museum no. Loan:Gilbert.605:1, 2-2008(11/16/2016) |
Credit line | The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
Object history | Provenance: Purchased from Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., New York, 1985. |
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Summary | This bowl was probably used on the dining table to hold hot liquid. Its functional form allows the lid to be removed and set upon its balled feet as a dish. The various initials engraved at different times on the underside of this dish suggest that the object was a family heirloom. Outside the wealthiest court circles, 17th-century silver was used primarily for eating and drinking. The dining table was the heart of social activity, and novelty items were made for fashionable new drinks flavoured with spices and drinking games. The range of British silver for the home from this period (the first for which a representative quantity survives) demonstrates increasing foreign influences from France, the Netherlands and Portugal. The rising demand for fashionably decorated European silver from the 1660s onwards reflects Britain’s new wealth and political stability. 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 reference | Schroder, Timothy. The Gilbert collection of gold and silver. Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1988, cat. no.153, pp. 564-65. ISBN.0875871445 |
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Accession number | LOAN:GILBERT.605:1, 2-2008 |
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Record created | June 26, 2008 |
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