Design for a spoon
Drawing
1894-1896 (made)
1894-1896 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Gustav Gudernack was (1865-1914) was born in Bohemia and trained at the Vienna School of Applied Arts. He designed glass for Lobmeyers of Vienna up to 1891 when he moved to Oslo and began designing glass for the Christiania Glasmagasin.
This design is one of the earliest known signed and dated works for the goldsmith’s factory of David Anderson where he was employed between 1892 and 1910.
This design include the ‘Plique-a-Jour’ decoration technique, in which Gaudernack was an acknowledged master. The popularity in England of this sort of spoon in ‘Norwegian Enamel Work’; can be gauged from Liberty’s examples of Norwegian Spoon of this period, mainly from the Christiania Glasmagasin.
This design is one of the earliest known signed and dated works for the goldsmith’s factory of David Anderson where he was employed between 1892 and 1910.
This design include the ‘Plique-a-Jour’ decoration technique, in which Gaudernack was an acknowledged master. The popularity in England of this sort of spoon in ‘Norwegian Enamel Work’; can be gauged from Liberty’s examples of Norwegian Spoon of this period, mainly from the Christiania Glasmagasin.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Design for a spoon (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Drawn on paper and painted. |
| Brief description | Design for a spoon, 1894-96 |
| Physical description | Design on cream paper for an elaborately carved spoon, including leaves and tulips. Also side view of basin of spoon. |
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| Style | |
| Credit line | The gift of Robert Ebendorf |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Gustav Gudernack was (1865-1914) was born in Bohemia and trained at the Vienna School of Applied Arts. He designed glass for Lobmeyers of Vienna up to 1891 when he moved to Oslo and began designing glass for the Christiania Glasmagasin. This design is one of the earliest known signed and dated works for the goldsmith’s factory of David Anderson where he was employed between 1892 and 1910. This design include the ‘Plique-a-Jour’ decoration technique, in which Gaudernack was an acknowledged master. The popularity in England of this sort of spoon in ‘Norwegian Enamel Work’; can be gauged from Liberty’s examples of Norwegian Spoon of this period, mainly from the Christiania Glasmagasin. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.2033-1992 |
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| Record created | March 18, 2009 |
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