Sujet

Silver casket, 1840s, (1881). Creator: W Jones.

Légende

Silver casket, 1840s, (1881). Etching of a silver and enamel filigree casket probably made in Vienna between 1840 and 1850. It is decorated with a foliage pattern inspired by seventeenth century fashions in ornament, and is supported on four sphinx feet. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]

Date

1881

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19F36_468

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

58,8Mo (2,3Mo) / 44,1cm x 33,4cm / 5212 x 3942 (300dpi)

Mots clés

arts pays métal livre boîte musée décoratif argent Autrichien boîtes endroit siècle floral littérature Sphinx objet façonné objet façonné fleuri cercueil en filigrane 19e siècle émail B W dix-neuvième siècle The Print Collector etching engraving Victoria & Albert Museum V&A enamelled bassetaille V&A Museum Sampson Low The South Kensington Museum Marston W Jones Jones W W. Jones Jones W.