Bucket
ca. 1530 (made)
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This engraved brass bucket was made in Venice in about 1530, when the city was a flourishing centre of production of brassware. Venetian merchants brought back to the city goods from the Turkish and Arab empires which had an immediate influence on the local population and eventually the rest of Europe.
The local craftsmen adopted the deep, bold engraving of the Islamic models but only very occasionally used the silver inlay that was a speciality of the Saracen artists. Other subject matter local, as opposed to Saracenic, craftsmen incorporated into the decoration of vessels and dishes was characteristic of the late Renaissance style. It included flowers, busts, erotic scenes, grotesques, sirens, birds, battle scenes, hunting scenes, triumphal processions and scenes taken from mythology.
The local craftsmen adopted the deep, bold engraving of the Islamic models but only very occasionally used the silver inlay that was a speciality of the Saracen artists. Other subject matter local, as opposed to Saracenic, craftsmen incorporated into the decoration of vessels and dishes was characteristic of the late Renaissance style. It included flowers, busts, erotic scenes, grotesques, sirens, birds, battle scenes, hunting scenes, triumphal processions and scenes taken from mythology.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Brass, engraved |
| Brief description | Brass bucket with swing handle and decorated ornament, Venetian, ca. 1530 |
| Physical description | Bucket with swing handle, with decorated ornament, oval cartouches, allegorical figures etc. |
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| Object history | This bucket was probably intended to hold perfumed water. |
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| Summary | This engraved brass bucket was made in Venice in about 1530, when the city was a flourishing centre of production of brassware. Venetian merchants brought back to the city goods from the Turkish and Arab empires which had an immediate influence on the local population and eventually the rest of Europe. The local craftsmen adopted the deep, bold engraving of the Islamic models but only very occasionally used the silver inlay that was a speciality of the Saracen artists. Other subject matter local, as opposed to Saracenic, craftsmen incorporated into the decoration of vessels and dishes was characteristic of the late Renaissance style. It included flowers, busts, erotic scenes, grotesques, sirens, birds, battle scenes, hunting scenes, triumphal processions and scenes taken from mythology. |
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| Accession number | 619-1865 |
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| Record created | January 12, 2004 |
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