Box with cover

Metalwork Collection

Accession Nr.: 18618
Artist/Maker:
Galle, D. / designer
Michaut, F. / manufacturer
Place of production: Paris
Inscription: alul beütve „GALLÉ D. MICHAUT F.
Materials: copper; glass; tortoiseshell
Techniques: gilded
Dimensions:
diameter: 8 cm
height: 2,5 cm
A round box, with a relief of gilt copper, under a glass plate on the cover: a kneeling female figure, in antique garb, watering flowers with the inscription “PROVIDENTIA FULGUNT” (Providence resplendent). Marked on the bottom, with an impressed “GALLE D. MICHAUT F.” Both are famous medal engravers from Paris, at the turn of the 18th-19th century.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Péter Márta: A klasszicizmustól a biedermeierig. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 2.9. (Békési Éva)