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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Glass, Room 131

Dish

1500-20 (made)
Place of origin
Venice (made)

Dish, colourless glass with gilt decoration and inscription, Italy (Venice), 1500-20


Object details

Object type
Dish
Materials and techniques
glass, blown in a dip-mould, attached footring, scratched gilt inscription
Glass
Brief description
Dish, colourless glass with gilt decoration and inscription, Italy (Venice), 1500-20
Dimensions
  • Greatest width width: 19.0cm
conversion size only
Style
ITALY
Marks and inscriptions
LEX SAPIENCE FONS VITE (Decoration; Latin; Roman)
Translation
The law of wisdom is the fountain of life
Credit line
Wilfred Buckley Collection
Bibliographic references
  • Baumgartner, Erwin.Verre de Venise/Trésors inédits, Geneva (Musée Ariana) 1995, cat. 172
  • Tait, Hugh, The Golden Age of Venetian Glass, London (British Museum) 1979, cat. 28
  • Trois Millénaires d'Art Verrier, Liège 1958, nr. 262
  • Hess, Catherine and Timothy Husband, European Glass in The J.Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (The J.Paul Getty Museum) 1997, cat. 19
Other number
8368 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.169-1936

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
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