On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Tazza

1867 (made)
Artist/Maker
Appert Frères (manufacturer)
Maës, L. Joseph (glass-maker)
Place of origin
Clichy (made)

Tazza, France (Clichy-la-Garenne), made by L Joseph Maës, Cristalleries de Clichy, 1867

Object details

Object type
Tazza
Materials and techniques
part mould-blown, part hand blown and worked
Brief description
Tazza, France (Clichy-la-Garenne), made by L Joseph Maës, Cristalleries de Clichy, 1867
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.7cm
  • Greatest width width: 18.0cm
Style
19TH CONT
Gallery label
This 'vase...on a base of peculiar open construction' was shown in the international exhibition, Paris, 1867 from which the Museum bought a number of examples of glass made under the direction of Maës at Clichy. Although Maës is given sole credit in the Museum's early records, his co-director by this date was Louis Clémandot. Founded in 1837 at Billancourt, Pont de Sèvres, the glassworks was moved to Clichy in 1839 and in 1885 was absorbed by the former glass factory at Sèvres, as the Cristalleries de Sèvres et Clichy. Maës' glass drew on a wide variety of sources for inspiration, including 16th century Venetian, as here, as well as 18th century Bohemian and Silesian engraving, and Moorish and Chinese motifs in a generally 'orientalising' manner (see examples in Room 8)
Bibliographic reference
S&A Dept. list of objects obtained during the Paris Exbn., p12-13,no.194; Reports on Paris Universal Exbn., vol II, p374; Rudoe,J: Decorative Arts 1850-1950, BMP, 1991
Other number
9398 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
719-1869

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
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