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Source Description
This vase with dragonfly handles and raised wisteria vine motifs is rendered in silver with a "martelé" (hammered) surface and is decorated with colored metal encrustations. This combination of techniques recalls the work of Japanese craftsmen who once specialized in the production of swords and sword accessories. After visiting the Japanese display at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1867, Edward Chandler Moore (1827-91), Tiffany's master silversmith, became a leading proponent of "Japonisme."
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Document identity
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25423
label
Vase
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object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
25423
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Vase
description
This vase with dragonfly handles and raised wisteria vine motifs is rendered in silver with a "martelé" (hammered) surface and is decorated with colored metal encrustations. This combination of techniques recalls the work of Japanese craftsmen who once specialized in the production of swords and sword accessories. After visiting the Japanese display at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1867, Edward Chandler Moore (1827-91), Tiffany's master silversmith, became a leading proponent of "Japonisme."
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1878
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
vases
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2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
6 5/8 in. (16.9 cm)
Source extras
style
Japonism
inscriptions
[Maker's marks] on bottom: TIFFANY & CO. / 5321 M. 492 / STERLING SILVER / -AND- / OTHER-METALS / 393
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silver and colored metals
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3561
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EAN
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3023
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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4719266979b9b659
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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78a20a2e3e752a30
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no
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no