COMPOTE, ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Unknown (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
The compote has a metal base on which a glass bowl is placed. The glass bowl is cut with crisscross and other patterns. The gilt base is very elaborate. It has a young man and young woman dressed in 18th century costume standing under a tree with a dog on one side of the tree and two sheep on the other. The tree branches support the metal base for the glass bowl. The base is made in openwork.
- Object name:
- COMPOTE, ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Gilt metal -- glass
- Made in:
- Venice, Italy
- Date made:
- late 19th-mid 20th Century
- Size:
- 24.4 cm (9 5/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 14.136.1
- Class:
- METAL
- Signature marks:
- MARK numbers scratched in bottom but no marks
- Credit line:
- Gift of Mrs. Augustus Riggs, 1974