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Fruit Dish

16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Barcelona (made)

Fruit-dish, enamelled glass, Spain (Barcelona), 1500-1600

Object details

Category
Glass
Object type
Fruit dish
Materials and techniques
Glass with coloured enamels
Brief description
Fruit-dish, enamelled glass, Spain (Barcelona), 1500-1600
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.0cm
  • Maximum width: 22.5cm
conversion size only
Styles
European
FACON DE VENISE
Gallery label
The bowl is painted in white with two hounds and two stags alternately arranged in four compartments formed by festoons of fruit and foliage, in green, yellow and blue, hanging from a border of scrolls and surrounding a central medallion. The dish is part of a group of Catalan glasses of the 16th century which are decorated with dogs running among foliage. There is one in the Corning Museum, two in the decorative arts museum in Barcelona, and one in the Museo di Vetrario di Murano, in Venice.
Object history
Bought from Durlacher Bros, New Bond street, London, for £ 53.12s.3d.
Subjects depicted
Dog (Animal)
Stag
Festoon
Fruit
Leaf
Scroll
Medallion
Bibliographic reference
cf. R. Schnidt 'Das Glas' 2nd ed. for similar specimen
Other number
8485 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
1382-1904

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O269/fruit-dish-unknown/
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