Sugar box with lid - Decorated with enamels and gilded
| Accession Nr.: | 1052.a-b |
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| Manufacturer: | Josef & Ludwig Lobmeyr glassware company (Vienna) |
| Date of production: |
before 1873
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| Inscription: | alján a J. & L. Lobmeyr cég papírcímkéje |
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| Materials: | ruby glass |
| Techniques: | blown; gilded; painted in enamel |
| Dimensions: |
height: 11,5 cm
opening diameter: 8 cm
base diameter: 6,5 cm
magasság (fedél): 4 cm
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The hemispherical bowl with a rim slightly bent inwards stands on a broad, round foot. The domed cover has a ball finial. The foot shows a golden stripe and a white line of spots running all round the body is decorated with friezes of rosette-like motifs and lozenges. There is a gilt. Renaissance foliage between gilt stripes and white lines of spots on the cover. The decoration of the object recalls Renaissance goldsmiths' works.
Literature
- a kiállítást rendezte: Batári Ferenc, Vadászi Erzsébet: Historizmus és eklektika. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1992. - Nr. 278. (Varga Vera)
