Dish
1475-1525 (made)
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Shallow dishes on a low foot, made of glass or metalwork were designed to serve food at the dining table. This fine glass example was made in Venice by the famous glass-blowers on the island of Murano. They gave this piece a relief pattern by blowing the glass bubble in a mould, prior to further expanding it and opening it out to become a dish. The decoration in gold leaf and painted enamels was applied after the bowl had been shaped and gradually cooled. After decorating, the bowl went back into the mouth of the furnace, where the enamels would melt and fuse with the glass surface. Once fired, the enamels could not be rubbed off the surface. The moulded pattern and the predominant use of gilding give this dish the appearance of precious metalwork. This dish originally had a foot; at some date it was broken, and consequently ground away.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Mould-blown glass, enamelled and gilt |
Brief description | Dish, blown glass with enamelled and gilt decoration, Italy (Venice), 1475-1525 |
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Gallery label | This dish originally had a foot, it has since been broken and ground away. |
Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
Object history | From the Spitzer Collection, sale Paris 1893, lot 1981 |
Production | A similarly moulded dish with the Arms of Louis XII of France and his Queen, Anne of Brittany (1499-1514) in the Toledo Museum of Art. (Art in Glass, Toledo Museum of Art, 1969, p. 47) |
Summary | Shallow dishes on a low foot, made of glass or metalwork were designed to serve food at the dining table. This fine glass example was made in Venice by the famous glass-blowers on the island of Murano. They gave this piece a relief pattern by blowing the glass bubble in a mould, prior to further expanding it and opening it out to become a dish. The decoration in gold leaf and painted enamels was applied after the bowl had been shaped and gradually cooled. After decorating, the bowl went back into the mouth of the furnace, where the enamels would melt and fuse with the glass surface. Once fired, the enamels could not be rubbed off the surface. The moulded pattern and the predominant use of gilding give this dish the appearance of precious metalwork. This dish originally had a foot; at some date it was broken, and consequently ground away. |
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Other number | 8364 - Glass gallery number |
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Accession number | C.2478-1910 |
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Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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