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Glass, Room 131

Dish

1559-1565 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Venice (made)

Dish; diamond engraved glass, opaque white threads, cold-painted and gilt. Traces of the cold decoration show the arms of the Medici Pope Pius IV.

Object details

Categories
ELISE
Images Online
Glass
SCRAN
Object type
Dish
Materials and techniques
Diamond-engraved glass, with opaque white threads, cold-painted and gilded
Glass
Diamond-Point Engraving
Glass-Blowing
Brief description
Dish, diamond engraved glass, Italy (Venice), ca. 1560-65
Physical description
Dish; diamond engraved glass, opaque white threads, cold-painted and gilt. Traces of the cold decoration show the arms of the Medici Pope Pius IV.
Dimensions
  • Maximum width: 27.0cm
conversion size only
Style
ITALY
Gallery label
Traces of the cold decoration show the arms of the Medici Pope Pius IV (1559-1565)
Credit line
Wilfred Buckley Collection
Production
Traces of the cold decoration show the arms of the Medici Pope Pius IV (1559-1565)
Subject depicted
Coats of Arms
Bibliographic references
  • Cf. a group of dishes in Klesse/Mayr 1987, pp. 25-27, some with diamond-engraved arms of Pius IV or Medici/Orsini arms. Cf. another plate in the Musée Ariana, Baumgartner 1995, p. 36-37, cat. 9
  • A.E. Engels-de Lange and A.J. Engels, 'A goblet and twelve plates from the mid-16th century', in: Annales du 13e Congres de l'Association Internationale pour l'Histoire du Verre, Netherlands 1995, pp. 381-388
  • A.E. Engels-de Lange and A.J. Engels, 'A goblet and twelve plates from the mid- 16th century', in: Op ien kusjen aen weerszijen: the collection Engels-de Lange, Exhibition catalogue, Frides Lameris Art and Antiques, Amsterdam 2015, pp. 64-71, for a group of dishes and a goblet with diamond engraving in a similar style. The goblet and nine of the plates also have similar white cane decoration on leaf gold. Four of the plates have the arms of Pope Pius IV (1559-1565).
Other number
8437 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.178-1936

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
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