Perfume Burner
mid 16th century (made)
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This section of a perfume burner is made in the mid 16th century, in North Italy, probably in Padua. It came to the museum through the Salting bequest.
George Salting (b. 1836; d. 1909) - an Australian, who settled in England - was a prolific collector in a number of areas, including Chinese and Japanese ceramics and European art. By 1874 his collection had outgrown his residence in St. James's Street, prompting him to lend items to the South Kensington Museum. After his death in 1909, the majority of this astonishing collection passed to the V&A, where it was shown in its own galleries.
George Salting (b. 1836; d. 1909) - an Australian, who settled in England - was a prolific collector in a number of areas, including Chinese and Japanese ceramics and European art. By 1874 his collection had outgrown his residence in St. James's Street, prompting him to lend items to the South Kensington Museum. After his death in 1909, the majority of this astonishing collection passed to the V&A, where it was shown in its own galleries.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Bronze cast and chased |
| Brief description | Part of perfume burner, bronze, Italy (probably Padua), mid 16th century |
| Physical description | Section of a perfume burner, with three projecting feet in the form of satyr-masks, from which rise scrolls and acanthus leaves: three further masks are on the body of the object. |
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| Object history | From the Salting bequest. Formerly in the Bardini collection, sale 1899, lot 38. |
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| Summary | This section of a perfume burner is made in the mid 16th century, in North Italy, probably in Padua. It came to the museum through the Salting bequest. George Salting (b. 1836; d. 1909) - an Australian, who settled in England - was a prolific collector in a number of areas, including Chinese and Japanese ceramics and European art. By 1874 his collection had outgrown his residence in St. James's Street, prompting him to lend items to the South Kensington Museum. After his death in 1909, the majority of this astonishing collection passed to the V&A, where it was shown in its own galleries. |
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| Accession number | M.677-1910 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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