plaque

Object NameGoldglas Plaque (Zwischengoldglas)

Manufacturerprobably Toso Borella Workshop

Made FromGlass, Gold

Date1875-1899

Place MadeItaly, Venice, Murano

Techniquefree-blown, sandwiched gold-leaf decoration

SizeOverall H: 2.9 cm, Diam (max): 16.8 cm

Accession Number53.3.54

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Reflecting Antiquity: Modern Glass Inspired by Ancient Rome

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Physical DescriptionTransparent pale green glass with very many minute and few small bubbles; free-blown with sandwiched gold-leaf decoration. Two slightly concave circular glass sheets with a slightly convex center have been fused together, the bottom sheet having a straight rim serving as a band-like ring base and a very rough large pontil mark; the letter bears the golden decoration: apparently the portrait of a couple in a medallion, a "Roman- type" woman and a "13th plus 15th century-type" man, surrounded by a band consisting of six other male and female portraits in medallions; the six busts are framed by symbols, between the medallions are quatrefoils, each of them accompanied by four dots; the edge at the joining is roughly ground.
Provenance

Source Cecil Davis