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Print

1630-1640 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Giulio Romano (Designer)
Hendrick Van Der Borcht (Printmaker)
Place of origin
London (Printed)

An etched design for silver tableware formed of an open clam shell supported on a base of coral.


Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Prints
Designs
Tableware & Cutlery
Metalwork
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Etching
Paper
Printing Ink
Etching
Brief description
Hendrick van der Borcht. Plate from a series of 14 prints after designs by Giulio Romano for tazzas, boxes, salts and bowls. English, 1630-1640.
Physical description
An etched design for silver tableware formed of an open clam shell supported on a base of coral.
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 15.8cm
  • To plate mark width: 21.6cm
Subjects depicted
Shell
Coral
Bibliographic references
  • (Berlin II) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 719.
  • Fuhring, P. Ornament prints in the Rijksmuseum II: The Seventeenthy Century, 3 vols, Rotterdam, 2004, vol. 1, p.289.
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.25-1932

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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