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Bucket

ca. 1530 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This engraved brass bucket was made in Venice in about 1530, when the city was a flourishing centre of production of brassware. Venetian merchants brought back to the city goods from the Turkish and Arab empires which had an immediate influence on the local population and eventually the rest of Europe.

The local craftsmen adopted the deep, bold engraving of the Islamic models but only very occasionally used the silver inlay that was a speciality of the Saracen artists. Other subject matter local, as opposed to Saracenic, craftsmen incorporated into the decoration of vessels and dishes was characteristic of the late Renaissance style. It included flowers, busts, erotic scenes, grotesques, sirens, birds, battle scenes, hunting scenes, triumphal processions and scenes taken from mythology.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Bucket
  • Mount
Materials and techniques
Brass, engraved
Brief description
Brass bucket with swing handle and decorated ornament, Venetian, ca. 1530
Physical description
Bucket with swing handle, with decorated ornament, oval cartouches, allegorical figures etc.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.5in
  • Diameter: 10.25in
Object history
This bucket was probably intended to hold perfumed water.
Subjects depicted
Summary
This engraved brass bucket was made in Venice in about 1530, when the city was a flourishing centre of production of brassware. Venetian merchants brought back to the city goods from the Turkish and Arab empires which had an immediate influence on the local population and eventually the rest of Europe.

The local craftsmen adopted the deep, bold engraving of the Islamic models but only very occasionally used the silver inlay that was a speciality of the Saracen artists. Other subject matter local, as opposed to Saracenic, craftsmen incorporated into the decoration of vessels and dishes was characteristic of the late Renaissance style. It included flowers, busts, erotic scenes, grotesques, sirens, birds, battle scenes, hunting scenes, triumphal processions and scenes taken from mythology.
Collection
Accession number
619-1865

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Record createdJanuary 12, 2004
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