Tazza
1600-1630
| Place of origin |
Oval bowl and foot with gadrooned, baluster-shaped stem and knop. Flat cover; bowl with silver-gilt lip band engraved with foliage ornament. Six cast straps with floral ornament connect the silver mount around the lip to a plain silver band around the underside of the bowl. The foot set with six silver-gilt mounts of floral ornament; the edge of the lid decorated with a band of cast silver-gilt cresting and four small cast mounts of floral ornament.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Turned ivory with silver-gilt mounts |
| Brief description | Tazza, ivory and silver-gilt mounts, German, ca. 1600-30 |
| Physical description | Oval bowl and foot with gadrooned, baluster-shaped stem and knop. Flat cover; bowl with silver-gilt lip band engraved with foliage ornament. Six cast straps with floral ornament connect the silver mount around the lip to a plain silver band around the underside of the bowl. The foot set with six silver-gilt mounts of floral ornament; the edge of the lid decorated with a band of cast silver-gilt cresting and four small cast mounts of floral ornament. |
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| Credit line | Given by Dr W. L. Hildburgh FSA |
| Bibliographic reference | Trusted, Marjorie. Baroque & Later Ivories. London: V&A Publishing, 2013. ISBN 9781851777679 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.66:1-1953 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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