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Object NamePlate
Made FromGlass, Gold
Date1700-1899
Place MadeIndia
Techniquegilded, mold blown, ground
SizeOverall W: 24.8 cm, D: 18.3 cm
Accession Number74.6.2
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTranslucent turquoise-green glass, gilded; mold blown. Flat center with slight concavity around edge; shallow lobed wall with flat ground gilded rim; design in thin gilding of a central oval cartouche of floral pattern, a herringbone band and edging of tripartite lobes, each lobe connected by a bar reaching to an outer rim of larger lobes, a second herringbone band and a wall of twenty-seven lobes, hollow on the interior with a gilt flower-and-leaf spray in each; exterior surface undecorated.
Provenance
Source Saroopchand Backliwal - 1974-05-02
Sketches
Marvin Lipofsky
1974
Sketches
Marvin Lipofsky
1974
Sketches
Marvin Lipofsky
1974
Sketches
Marvin Lipofsky
1974
Sketches
Marvin Lipofsky
1974
bowl
J. Hoare & Company
about 1890-1910