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Source Description
The plique-à-jour and champlevé enameled goblet is predominantly in mauve, blue, pink, red and white. On the plique-à-jour bowl, abstract foliate motifs have been incorporated into a white ground whereas on the base the same colors occur, but only in champlevé enamel. Around the foot of the stem there is a circle of pearls over silver gilding. The stem consists of a cylindrical shaft with three bulbous protrusions of varying size and a band of six leaflets.On the bottom of the foot there is an inner circle of textured silver gilding centered on a blue cabochon stone and an outer band of opaque blue, en plein enamel.
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Document identity
localId
82368
label
Cup
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
82368
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Cup
description
The plique-à-jour and champlevé enameled goblet is predominantly in mauve, blue, pink, red and white. On the plique-à-jour bowl, abstract foliate motifs have been incorporated into a white ground whereas on the base the same colors occur, but only in champlevé enamel. Around the foot of the stem there is a circle of pearls over silver gilding. The stem consists of a cylindrical shaft with three bulbous protrusions of varying size and a band of six leaflets.On the bottom of the foot there is an inner circle of textured silver gilding centered on a blue cabochon stone and an outer band of opaque blue, en plein enamel.
provenance
Purchased by Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C., 1995; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 2010.
date
after 1993
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
cups (drinking vessels)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
13.4
height
9.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 1/4 x Diam of cup: 3 9/16 in. (13.4 x 9.1 cm); Diam at base: 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Mark] On base: Vt
med
silver gilding, plique-à-jour, champlevé, and en plein enamel, blue cabochon stones
creator_ids
21285
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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052197790755b93c
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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24599ea127b2c7d5
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no
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no