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Vase and Tripod

ca. 1862 (made)
Artist/Maker
Barbedienne, Ferdinand (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Paris (made)

Vase and tripod, gilt bronze and enamel, Paris, ca. 1862, made by Ferdianand Barbedienne.

Object details

Category
Vases
Object type
Vase and tripod
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Vase and Tripod
  • Tripod
Materials and techniques
Gilt bronze and Champlevé enamel
Bronze
Enamel
Brief description
Vase and tripod, gilt bronze and enamel, Paris, ca. 1862, made by Ferdianand Barbedienne.
Dimensions
  • Height: 785mm (Note: Converted from register)
  • Width: 267mm (Note: Converted from register)
Gallery label
(05/04/2017)
Vase and Tripod
About 1862
Shown at the International Exhibition, London, 1862

The magazine The Builder singled out this vase for praise at the 1862 exhibition. It described it as 'a metal vase, the whole surface of which is covered with a Byzantine arabesque, similar in character to the illuminations found in Greek manuscripts of the eleventh or twelfth century'. This, said The Builder, 'cannot fail to gratify the eye.'

France, Prais; possibly designed by Louis Constant Sévin and made by Ferdinand Barbedienne
Gilded bronze, with champlevé enamel

Bought at the exhibition for £110
(1987-2006)
'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900'

This vase and tripod was purchased from the London 1862 Exhibition for £110. Barbedienne showed several enamelled objects in 1862, when the technique was wrongly described as cloisonné. This vase was singled out for praise by the magazine, The Builder: "a metal vase, the whole surface of which is covered with a Byzantine arabesque, similar in character to the illuminations found in Greek manuscripts of the eleventh or twelfth century...cannot fail to gratify the eye."
Bibliographic reference
Campbell, Marian. 'Imitation et création: la redécouverte de l'émail champlevé limousin au XIXe siècle', In: Danielle Gaborit-Chopin and Élisabeth Taburet-Delahaye, eds. L'OEuvre de Limoges. Art et histoire au temps des Plantagenêts. Actes du colloque organisé au musée du Louvre par le Service culturel les 16 et 17 novembre 1995. Paris: Musée du Louvre, 1998, pp. 49-81. ISBN 2110039744
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
8026:1, 2-1862

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Record createdApril 27, 2006
Record URL
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