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Object NameDish

Maker Salviati

Made Fromglass, goldleaf

Dateabout 1801-1900

Place MadeItaly

TechniqueFree-blown, tooled, gilt, enameled

SizeH: 1.9 cm, D (rim): 7.8 cm

Accession Number53.3.57

Curatorial Area(s)

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionTransparent blue and colorless glass with many minute and few large bubbles, and white translucent glass with pitted surface; free-blown, tooled, gilt and enameled. The flat and broad blue rim which turns colorless towards the outer part and has again a blue edge, is applied to the porcelain-like white bottom, which has a flat base, a small straight rim and a convex center at the inside; the bottom shows pontil mark, two brownish initials: "VS" and (probably) "SB", and the brownish mark: "Devers dirix"; the inner part is decorated with the enameled picture of a small Raffael-like angel in a green shirt, sitting between two pillars and playing the guitar, the edge shows a golden leaf ornament and on the top an initial ("G" or "C", the second letter being a small "s" or "f"); the colorless rim is ribbed on the outside and gilt on the inside.

Provenance

Former Collection Mrs. Applethwaite-Abbot

Source Cecil Davis