Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2021.

Images(3)

Ewer

Manufacturer Ludwig Moser and Sohne

CultureCzechoslovakian

Dateca. 1890

MediumMold-blown glass | Enamel

Dimensions14 × 6 3/4 × 5 3/4 in. (35.6 × 17.1 × 14.6 cm)

InscribedTrace of gilt on the bottom-probably all that remains of the signature, similar to #390 pg. 201 in Grover's "Art Glass Nouveau".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6610

Not on view

DescriptionEwer. Heavily enameled and gilded ribbed amberina-almost entirely covered with multi-colored oak leaves ribbed and outlined with gilt and with gilt stems and branches. Numerous acorns of applied glass are enameled with black and gilt. Multi-colored enameled bird, mid-section. Below the spout are six enameled bugs, butterflies and bees. Applied gilded handle. Gilded knob stem and gilt rim and band on dome foot. Trace of gilt on bottom.

Published ReferencesGiusseppe Cappa, L'EUROPE DE L'ART: VERRIER...1850-1990, p. 342, fig. 619 (for squarish vase with related decoration). Grover, "Art Glass Nouveau," #390, pg. 201, for similar signature inscription.