Dessert Dish
1866 (made)
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Engraved glass dessert dish and stand with gilt metal mounts.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Glass, engraved, with gilt metal |
| Brief description | Dessert dish and stand, engraved and with gilt metal mounts, made by J & L Lobmeyr glassworks, Vienna, 1866 |
| Physical description | Engraved glass dessert dish and stand with gilt metal mounts. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'JJL' in monogram (Maker's mark, stamped on upper side of metal mount base) |
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| Object history | This service is described in the Museum's printed registers of 1869 as having been 'bought as an example of cheapness of manufacture'. The cheapness was relative. The decoration is hand-done and this dish cost £5.0.0. The service was included in the international exhibition, Paris, 1867, where Lobmeyr won a silver medal. |
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| Other number | 9419 - Glass gallery number |
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| Accession number | 613&A-1869 |
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| Record created | June 18, 2009 |
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