Disc of Enamellers' Glass
ca. 1740 (made)
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Enamel is a type of coloured glass. The Venetian glasshouses of Murano specialised in producing enamel in various colours. Manufacturers shaped these into discs, often stamped with their seal, and sold and exported them to independent enamellers of glass and other materials. The enamellers would grind the glass into a fine powder and mix this with an oily substance to obtain enamel paint.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stamped opaque blue glass |
| Brief description | Disc of enamellers' glass, Italy (Venice), made by the glasshouse of the Brothers Bertolini, ca. 1740 |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Impressed 'FRATELLI BERTOLINI ALLA REGINA DITALIA' (Makers's mark) |
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| Credit line | Given by A. du Cane |
| Object history | Bought by Lady Charlotte Schreiber in Dresden in 1869 |
| Summary | Enamel is a type of coloured glass. The Venetian glasshouses of Murano specialised in producing enamel in various colours. Manufacturers shaped these into discs, often stamped with their seal, and sold and exported them to independent enamellers of glass and other materials. The enamellers would grind the glass into a fine powder and mix this with an oily substance to obtain enamel paint. |
| Bibliographic reference | Charleston, JoGS 1963 |
| Other number | 8905 - Glass gallery number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.78-1925 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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