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Metalwork Design

1750 (published)
Artist/Maker
Caspar Gottlieb Eisler (engraver)
Martin Engelbrecht (publisher)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (published)

Design for silversmith's ornament


Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Silver
Metalwork
Designs
Prints
Object type
Metalwork design
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Caspar Gottlieb Eisler. Plate from a suite of designs for silversmith's ornament, including jugs and coffee pots. Nurenberg, 1750.
Physical description
Design for silversmith's ornament
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 19.1cm
  • To plate mark width: 29.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Numbered '3' in the upper left of the plate.
  • Numbered '320' in the upper right of the plate.
  • Lettered in the lower left of the plate: 'Cum Priv. Maj.'
  • Lettered in the lower centre of the plate: 'C. G. Eisler inv. et delin.'
  • Lettered in the lower right of the plate: 'Mart. Engelbrecht excud. Aug. Vind.'
Bibliographic references
  • (Berlin II) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 979.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1926, London: Board of Education, 1927.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1913, London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1914
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2358-1913

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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