tazza
Object NameEngraved Rock Crystal Tazza with Enameled Gold Mounts
Maker
Workshop of Gasparo Miseroni
(about 1518-1573)
Made FromRock Crystal, Enamel, Gold
Dateabout 1560
Place MadeItaly, Milan
TechniqueCarved, engraved, enameled
SizeOverall H: 11.8 cm, Diam (max): 11.7 cm
Accession Number2018.7.1
Credit LinePurchased in part with funds from the Estate of Richard Andrasi and Dwight and Lorri Lanmon
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Renaissance Venice: Life and Luxury at the Crossroads
New Pieces | New Voices: Selections from the Junior Curators Program
Not On View
Physical DescriptionEngraved Rock Crystal Tazza with Enameled Gold Mounts. Colorless rock crystal, red, white, blue, and black enamel, gold; carved, engraved, enameled. Tazza with circular bowl sitting on a baluster stem carved with eight flutes and set on a round foot with gilt and enameled edge. The bowl is decorated with three symmetrical foliate scrolls above a series of radiating gadroons. A gold collar, enameled in red, white, blue, and black, joins the top of the stem to the base of the bowl.Provenance
Source
Galerie J. Kugel
- 2018-12-10
Former Collection
Baron James de Rothschild
(1792-1868)
The rock crystal tazza can be traced to the collection of Baron James de Rothschild (1792-1868) founder of the Paris branch of the banking dynasty. The tazza remained in his collection, by descent, until 1943 when it was seized by the Nazis and stored in the Jeu de Paume (a repository for the processing of confiscated art). It was returned to the family in 1946, and remained with them until 2015.
The rock crystal tazza can be traced to the collection of Baron James de Rothschild (1792-1868) founder of the Paris branch of the banking dynasty. The tazza remained in his collection, by descent, until 1943 when it was seized by the Nazis and stored in the Jeu de Paume (a repository for the processing of confiscated art). It was returned to the family in 1946, and remained with them until 2015.
about 1875-1895
about 1500
1830-1840