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Vase

Vase
 (1888)

Medium
glass (cameo carved, gilt and silvered)
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
Gallery location
Not on display
 

About this work

This glass vase imitates a Persian bottle form with damascened (inlaid) metalwork decoration. Despite being made entirely in glass, the opaque, creamy white body imitates carved ivory, while the damascened metalwork is created through the use of gold and platinum leaf fired over the carved and raised surface. With their simple, formal scrolls surrounding the decorative fields, the platinum bands reference strapwork as a framing device. These bands are also carved as if imitating engraved designs in the metal bands.

Artwork Details

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
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.

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