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1809-1810 (hallmarked)
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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
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Raised, cast, tooled, chased, engraved and pierced silver-gilt. |
| Brief description | Silver-gilt, London hallmarks for 1809-10, mark of Thomas and Joseph Guest and Joseph Cradock. |
| Physical description | Tall pear shaped body standing on a spreading foot chased with a band of leaves, the lower part of the body chased with a broad calyx of matted and engraved leaves with a band of stylised laurel leaves above and an applied band of leopard masks, vines and flowers. The high, domed cover, chased with a calyx of leaves and pierced with scrolls and circles. |
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| Credit line | The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| Object history | Provenance: Purchased from Garrard and Company, Ltd., London, 1979. |
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| 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 reference | Schroder, Timothy. The Gilbert collection of gold and silver. Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1988, cat. no. 100, pp. 378-79. ISBN.0875871445 |
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| Accession number | LOAN:GILBERT.837:2-2008 |
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| Record created | June 26, 2008 |
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