Covered Bowl with a Crowned Fleur-de-lis

Object Name: 
Covered Bowl with a Crowned Fleur-de-lis

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Object Name: 
Covered Bowl with a Crowned Fleur-de-lis
Place Made: 
France
Accession Number: 
70.3.29
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 12 cm; Rim Diam: 9.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1750
Primary Description: 
Opalescent white non-lead glass; blown, enameled. (a) Cylindrical, straight-sided form; polychrome enameled decoration; wavy red-brown lines at the top and bottom; crown above a medium-blue fleur-de-lis on the front; band of foliate scrolls running around the sides; bottom with kick and rough pontil mark. (b) Low, domed form, with folded rim and tapering brim; enameled foliate scrolls on the top; dashes on the rim; ribbed finial with colored enamel dashes on the rim; rough pontil mark on the top of the finial.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Tabbagh, Edouard, Former Collection
1970
Category: 
Baroque
Color: 
white
multicolored
Technique: 
glassblowing
opalescence
enameling
Material: 
glass

Publications (1)

Bernard Perrot 1640-1709 (2010) p. 187; BIB# 115618