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Vase
(1888)
- Medium
- glass (cameo carved, gilt and silvered)
- Measurements
- 31.7 × 14.9 cm diameter
- Place/s of Execution
- Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England
- Accession Number
- 1997.236
- Department
- International Decorative Arts
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Dr Robert Wilson Collection. Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Dr Robert Wilson, Fellow, 1997
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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This extraordinary vase imitates a Persian bottle form in damascened (inlaid) metalwork. Despite being made entirely of glass, the opaque, creamy white body references carved ivory, while the damascened metalwork was created through the use of gold and platinum leaf fired onto the carved, raised surface. The platinum bands with their simple, formal scrolls surrounding the decorative fields reference strapwork as a framing device. These bands are also carved as if imitating engraved designs in the metal bands.
- Physical description
- With a gourd shaped body and a long, narrow neck; in opaque cameo, carved ivory glass with extensive gilded ornament. The 'obverse' and 'reverse' with rounded panels of waterlilies, on a flecked ground with small side panels of reeds; the neck with gilt bands of lotus leaves and reeds.