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Object Name2 Ewers with Painted Lidded Wood Box

Made FromGlass, Metal (silver or pewter), Wood, Paint, Paper

Dateabout 1800-1820

Place Madeprobably Bohemia (glass); probably Italy (silver mounts); probably Gemany (box)

TechniqueBlown, cut, mounted, painted

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number2021.3.9

Credit LineGift of Dwight and Lorri Lanmon

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Not On View

Physical Description2 Ewers with Painted Lidded Wood Box. (AB) Both ewers: colorless non-lead glass, blown and cut; ovoid body with tall, tapering neck and flared rim, the body with a band of sharp diamonds around the mid-body, a band of slanted cuts and fans above, horizontal miter cuts below, vertical bands of diagonal cuts on the neck, the rim with radial cuts; the necks ground for stopper; waisted at the base, with spreading, panel-cut foot, with radial cuts on the bottom and polished pontil mark; applied loop handle with notched cuts on the back; applied S-shaped tapering spout with fine cut slanted facets on either side; elaborately mounted in somewhat crude silver (although the flowers are expertly and minutely done); the rim mounted with a cut silver covering and screw cap (pewter?), attached with a fine silver chain to the handle with pendant stylized floral design below the rim; the handle mounted with silver foliage and flowers; the spout similarly mounted with foliage and flowers and a silver animal-head fitting on the spout; a ring of stylized foliage around the neck above the foot; the rim of the foot mounted with a band of silver prongs. (C) Box: Probably pine; rectangular form with flat bottom and top; the top and overlapping sides of the cover and the sides of the box painted green, with stylized flowers in red and yellow; the inside divided into two sections, covered with pinkish paper; the inside of the cover and the bottom of the box unpainted and showing gang-saw cutting. Two loose paper tags inscribed in Italian, warning that the silver is fragile and that the covers unscrew and are not to be pulled.
Provenance

Source Dwight P. Lanmon (American, b. 1938) - 2020-2021-11-05

Former Collection Anna Recznik - 2020
sold object for a friend who took care of an older Italian couple