glass painting

Object NameMaritime Battle Scene Reverse Painting

Made FromNon-lead Glass, Wood, Paper, Cardboard

Dateabout 1800

Place Madeprobably England

TechniqueBlown, Sagged, Painted

SizeOverall Diam: 12 cm

Accession Number91.2.9

Credit LineGift of Sibyll Kummer-Rothenhausler

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

A Touch of Glass

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass, blown, probably sagged; wood, paper, cardboard. Domed, circular shape, of thin sheet glass; maritime battle scene of two ships painted on the reverse, one (in the foreground) flying British flags, firing on another with tattered sails and a blue-and-white pennant, with painted waves and pieces of sails floating in the foreground; framed by a white and gold border with formal gold foliate sprays at top and bottom, within a second narrow black and gold border decorated with gold stars alternating with gold dots, and inscribed "NELSON'S VICTORY OF THE NILE" in gold at the top; plain outer border of pale green paint; domed glass mounted over a painted background depicting additional warships, one ablaze, the other smoking, with dark gray clouds overhead; within a dark red-brown turned wood frame; cardboard backing, held with masking tape; brass wire loop hanger.
Provenance

Former Collection Sibyll Kummer-Rothenhäusler - 1991-10-15