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Vase

ca. 1855 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rudolphi, Frédéric-Jules (maker)
Place of origin
Paris (made)

Vase with body of steel, inlaid with gold, silver and turquoises, mounted in oxidised silver, set with emeralds and rubies, interior and base silver-gilt


Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Vases
Object type
Vase
Materials and techniques
Steel, inlaid with gold, silver and turquoises, mounted in oxidised silver, set with emeralds and rubies, interior and base silver-gilt
Steel
Gold
Silver
Emerald
Ruby
Turquoise
Inlaid
Mounted
Gilding
Oxidising
Brief description
Vase, made by Frédéric-Jules Rudolphi, Paris, ca. 1855
Physical description
Vase with body of steel, inlaid with gold, silver and turquoises, mounted in oxidised silver, set with emeralds and rubies, interior and base silver-gilt
Dimensions
  • Base to highest point of handle (maximum height) height: 40cm
  • Across front of vase, from base of handle to base of handle width: 20.5cm
  • Across underside of base diameter: 8.7cm
Measured 17 June 2008
Gallery label
  • Gallery 101, Nineteenth Century Europe 18 Steel Vase About 1855 Shown at the International Exhibition, Paris, 1855 Rudolphi was trained in Copenhagen but worked in Paris, registering his mark in 1842. He won a medal at the Great Exhibition in 1851 and was later awarded the Légion d’Honneur in France. This vase combines virtuoso craftsmanship with inventive decoration drawn from Middle Eastern sources. France, Paris; designed and made by Frédéric-Jules Rudolphi Steel, inlaid with gold and silver; mounts, oxidised silver set with emeralds and rubies; interior and base, gilded silver Bought at the exhibition for £150 Museum no. 2654-1856 (2006-2016)
  • 'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900' This vase was purchased for £150 from the Paris 1855 Exhibition.(1987-2006)
Object history
This vase was purchased for £150 from the Paris 1855 Exhibition.

Napoleon and Victoria Exhibition RF.2007/800
Bibliographic reference
Busch, J.T. & Futter, C.L. (eds.), Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World's Fairs 1851-1939. New York: Skira Rizzoli. p. 262, no. 13.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
2654-1856

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Record createdApril 28, 2006
Record URL
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