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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Glass, Room 131

Plate

1613 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Bohemia (made)

Plate, Diamond-point engraved with arms and initials, probably Bohemia, 1613


Object details

Categories
ELISE
Images Online
Glass
SCRAN
Object type
Plate
Materials and techniques
Purple glass, with diamond-engraved decoration
Brief description
Plate, Diamond-point engraved with arms and initials, probably Bohemia, 1613
Dimensions
  • Maximum width: 23.0cm
conversion size only
Styles
EUROPE
FACON DE VENISE
Marks and inscriptions
'S.S.V.S.' and 'MS.S. VG.B.' AND '1613' (Severin Schato von Schattenthal, Prague (Neustadt) city counsellor, first physician of the Bohemian government. )
Transliteration
Initials of Severin Schato von Schattenthal and Margaretha Salome Schattin G. Berbisdorf
Gallery label
Decorated with the arms of the Saxon families Von Berbisdorf and Schato Von Schatenthal. This is one of six individual plates which have survived from a set of unknown number. The rim of each plate is richly decorated with floral motifs, which fill the space between the crests of the two families. These plates were once considered to be of saxon origin, but are now thought more likely to be Bohemian.
Object history
Bought from the Bernal Collection.
Subjects depicted
Flower
Escutcheons (Coats of Arms)
Bibliographic references
  • J.G.S Vol XIII, 1971. Rudolf Von Strasser p.84; Cf. Hamburg cat. 1995, nr. 32 (one of the ones that Von Strasser mentiones)
  • B. Klesse, Glas, Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Koln, 1963, p. 124, cat. 262 for a similar plate with the same initials 'MMS - GB'
  • Axel von Saldern, Glas: Antike bis Jugenstil: Die Sammlung im Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Stuttgart, 1995, p. 32, cat. 32, for a similar example dated 1613 and with 'S.S.V.S.' and 'MS.S. VG.B.'
Other number
8468 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
1868-1855

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O473/plate-unknown/
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