On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Vase

ca. 1882 (made)
Artist/Maker
Petersdorfer Glashütte (manufacturer)
Heckert, Fritz (designer)
Place of origin
Berlin (made)

Vase, Germany (Berlin), possibly designed by Fritz Heckert, made at Fritz Heckert's Petersdorfer Glashütte, Petersdorf, Silesia, 1882-83

Object details

Object type
Vase
Materials and techniques
wheel-cut, enamelled and gilded
Brief description
Vase, Germany (Berlin), possibly designed by Fritz Heckert, made at Fritz Heckert's Petersdorfer Glashütte, Petersdorf, Silesia, 1882-83
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.3cm
Style
19TH CONT
Marks and inscriptions
'F H 5220 295' (?) painted (Makers's mark)
Gallery label
Fritz Heckert specialised in glass like this which is imitating Indian damascened metalwork known as 'Bidri' ware from the area in which it is made, around Calcutta. These wares had been shown at international exhibitions since 1851 and were much admired and copied in glass, first by J & L Lobmeyr, Vienna, in 1873. Heckert's shop was in Berlin, the glasshouse was in Petersdorf, Silesia.
Bibliographic reference
Berlin: Historismus, cat. no. 72
Other number
9409 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
164-1883

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
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