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Candlestick
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Candlestick
- Place of origin:
St. Petersburg, Russia (made)
- Date:
1867 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Imperial Glass Factory (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Clear glass, enamelled, gilded and set with glass jewels
- Museum number:
997A-1869
- Gallery location:
Glass, room 131, case 28, shelf 3
Physical description
In 1862 the Imperial Glassworks began to imitate the appearance of enamelled and gilded ornament of glass made under the Mamelukes in the 12th and 13thC. This piece was bought from the international exhibition, Paris, 1867
Place of Origin
St. Petersburg, Russia (made)
Date
1867 (made)
Artist/maker
Imperial Glass Factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Clear glass, enamelled, gilded and set with glass jewels
Dimensions
Height: 23.0 cm
Descriptive line
Candlestick, Russia (St Petersburg), made by The Imperial Glassworks, 1867
Exhibition History
International Exhibition (Paris 01/01/1867-31/12/1867)
Labels and date
In 1862 the Imperial Glassworks began to imitate the appearance of enamelled and gilded ornament on glass made under the Egyptian and Syrian Mamelukes in the 12th and 13thC. This piece was bought from the international exhibition, Paris, 1867
VASE AND CANDLESTICK
997a-1869
'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900'
About 1862 the Imperial Glassworks became the first to imitate the enamelled and gilded ornament on glass made under the Mamelukes in the 1100s and 1200s. The style's appeal was its two-dimensionality, in contrast with the lush naturalism fashionable during the previous forty years. Joseph Brocard in Paris, and Ludwig Lobmeyr in Vienna also adopted it in the 1870s and 1880s. These pieces were bought from the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867. [1987-2006]
Materials
Enamel; Glass; Gilt
Techniques
Gilded; Enamelled
Categories
Glass; Lighting
Collection code
CER
