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Bowl

1520-1560 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

While this bowl or wine cooler is stylistically related to products of the Alberghetti foundry of the last 15th and early 16th centuries, the comparatively thin casting and 'ghosting' of the gadroons indicate that it is probably a later cast, and may even be a product of the 19th century.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Leaded bronze
Brief description
Bowl or wine cooler, leaded bronze, possibly by the Alberghetti foundry, North Italy (possibly Venice), 1520-60 or possibly 19th century
Physical description
Footed bowl or wine cooler decorated with broad acanthus and below, anthemion and palmette and foliage and flowers with three identical coats of arms superimposed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 28.2cm
  • Rim diameter: 30cm
  • Foot diameter: 18.6cm
  • Weight: 6459.8g
Object history
From the Salting bequest.
Production
1520-1560 or possibly 19th century
Subjects depicted
Summary
While this bowl or wine cooler is stylistically related to products of the Alberghetti foundry of the last 15th and early 16th centuries, the comparatively thin casting and 'ghosting' of the gadroons indicate that it is probably a later cast, and may even be a product of the 19th century.
Bibliographic reference
Motture, Peta. Bells & Mortars. Catalogue of the Italian Bronzes in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London, 2001, pp. 122-3, cat. no. 27
Collection
Accession number
M.690-1910

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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