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Plate

ca. 1862 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate, clear, colourless ice-glass, with gilt rim, Hungary, possibly made in the J. G. Zahn glassworks in Zlatno, 1862

Object details

Object type
Materials and techniques
ice glass with lustre, gilt
Brief description
Plate, clear, colourless ice-glass, with gilt rim, Hungary, possibly made in the J. G. Zahn glassworks in Zlatno, 1862
Dimensions
  • Greatest width width: 31.2cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
none
Gallery label
Bought at the international exhibition, London 1862. Hungarian iridescent glass was invented by the doctor,chemist and inventor Leo Valentin Pantosek (1812-1893) who worked at J.G. Zahn's glassworks. The glass was first exhibited in the interanational exhibition, Vienna, 1857 and shapes were derived from historic sources. This example (one of two in the Museum) is in imitation of Venetian 'ice glass'
Object history
Bought at the international exhibition, London 1862 as 'Modern Hungarian' fpr 1l.4s.
Bibliographic reference
International exhibition, 1862; Koos, J. 'Hungarian Art Nouveau Glass'; Studies in Glass History & Design, 8th Congress on Glass, 1968, pp55-61; Pazaurek, Gustav E:Moderne Glaser, Leipzig, n.d. (1901), p.119, figs 129-133
Collection
Accession number
7937-1862

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
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