mosque lamp

Object NameMosque Lamp

Maker Philippe-Joseph Brocard (French, 1831-1896)

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1880

Place MadeFrance

TechniqueFree-blown, gilt, enameled

SizeH: 29.8 cm; D (rim): 18.1 cm, (max. body): 25.5 cm, (foot): 13 cm

Accession Number53.3.20

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Crusades Exhibition

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionTransparent pale yellowish-brown glass with many large, small and minute bubbles; slight weathering; free-blown, gilt and enameled. Bulbous oval body with very rough pontil mark on inside of the applied bell-shaped foot, neck flaring to wide rim; six small loop handles applied to the shoulder of the body; overall enameled decoration in the style of a 14th century mosque lamp; narrow floral pattern in red lines, multicolored blossoms in "relief"; two inscription-friezes on foot and neck, medallions on bottom of body.
Provenance

Source Mrs. Raphael Stora