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Italian (Venice)
about 1500
Object Place: Europe, Venice, Italy
Medium/Technique
Copper alloy with enameled decoration
Dimensions
Height: 3.7cm (1 7/16in.)
Diameter: 26.2cm (10 5/16in.)
Diameter: 26.2cm (10 5/16in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number51.4
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsEnamels
DescriptionWide rim blue background, green edge, gold in scallops and arabesques with touches of turquoise, white & red. Deep bowl in white, multi-colored dots near rim and slightly domed bottom dark green, all with gilding. Turquoise dot in center. Back in deep blue with wavy lines and stars in gilding, domed base white with stars and trident in gold.
Marks
Mark painted in blue enamel on bottom. Painted gold trident with circle.
ProvenanceBaron Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild (b. 1843 - d. 1940), Frankfurt [see note 1]; 1938, sold by force to the city of Frankfurt; 1940, transferred to Museum für Kunsthandwerk (Museum of Decorative Arts), Frankfurt; after World War II, restituted to the heirs of Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild; April 13-14, 1950, Goldschmidt-Rothschild estate sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, lot 143, sold for $320 to Jacques Seligmann and Co., New York (stock no. 7875) [see note 2]; 1951, sold by Seligmann to the MFA for $200. (Accession Date: January 11, 1951)
NOTES:
[1] In November 1938 Nazi authorities forced Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild to sell his art collection to the city of Frankfurt. Upon his death in 1940, the objects were transferred to and accessioned by various city museums. After World War II, his heirs succeeded in legally voiding the 1938 sale and recuperating the collection, which was sent to the United States. See "Important French Furniture & Objets d'Art," Goldschmidt-Rothschild estate sale, part one, Parke-Bernet, New York, March 10-11, 1950, prefatory note.
[2] This was the price paid for lot 143, which was a pair of Venetian enamel plates. Seligmann sold one plate in the pair to the MFA.
NOTES:
[1] In November 1938 Nazi authorities forced Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild to sell his art collection to the city of Frankfurt. Upon his death in 1940, the objects were transferred to and accessioned by various city museums. After World War II, his heirs succeeded in legally voiding the 1938 sale and recuperating the collection, which was sent to the United States. See "Important French Furniture & Objets d'Art," Goldschmidt-Rothschild estate sale, part one, Parke-Bernet, New York, March 10-11, 1950, prefatory note.
[2] This was the price paid for lot 143, which was a pair of Venetian enamel plates. Seligmann sold one plate in the pair to the MFA.