New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Ornament

Manufacturer Brocard et Fils

CultureFrench

Date1884

MediumBlown glass | Gilt | Metal

DimensionsOverall: 7 1/8 x 16 5/8 in. (18.1 x 42.2 cm)

InscribedMarked in gilt script center band: "P.J. Brocard & Fils, Paris, 1884".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number81.197

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-8, Case 48

DescriptionOrnament of blown colorless glass. Egg-shaped. Polychromatic enameled in the Islamic Mamluk style. A representation of a hanging metal incense burner with concentric bands of stylized blue floral outlined with gilt. Gilt floral intersected with multicolor blossoms. Small top neck to hold hook with chain. Hole bottom center. See 81.175 for pair.

Published ReferencesPolak, MODERN GLASS, pg. 32. Bloch-Dermant, THE ART OF FRENCH GLASS, pp. 22-26.