On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Jar and Cover

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

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

Object details

Object type
Jar and cover
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Jar Body
  • Jar Cover
Materials and techniques
wheel-cut and gilded
Brief description
Jar and cover, Germany (Berlin), possibly designed by Fritz Heckert, made at Fritz Heckert's Petersdorfer Glashütte, Petersdorf, Silesia, 1882-83
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.6cm
Style
19TH CONT
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
Bibliographic reference
Berlin: Historismus, cat. no. 71 etc
Other number
9479 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
166A-1883

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O375/jar-and-cover-heckert-fritz/
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