Mosque Lamp

1867-1884

15.5 cm 14.4 cm

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Joseph Phillipe Brocard was a French glass artist, restorer, dealer and collector of Islamic glass. He rediscovered the means of enameling glass used in historic examples. Alongside Emile Gallé, Brocard was the most significant French maker of this type of Mamluk inspired glas...

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Likely purchased by William T. Walters (through George Lucas as agent), Baltimore, 1874 or 1885 [1]; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] George Lucas' diaries, entry for 15 April 1874, ""At Brocards and ordered lamp for Walters,"" and entry for 16 September 1885, ""At Brocards and gave check for blue round vase 800 fs""
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