Spirit Flask
Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Gold spirit flask engraved with crest and monogram |
| Brief description | Spirit flask, gold, Birmingham, George Unite, 1878. |
| Physical description | Tall thin rounded flask with small tap connected on top with hinge. Engraved on rounded surface. |
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| Credit line | The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| Object history | The crest and monogram, CH, are for a member of the Howard family of Broughton Hall, Malpas, Cheshire (Addendum to Schroder, 1988) |
| Summary | Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996. |
| Bibliographic reference | Schroder, Timothy. The Gilbert collection of gold and silver (supplement) Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1988, cat. no. I. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | LOAN:GILBERT.40:1-2008 |
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| Record created | June 26, 2008 |
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