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Venetian or Parisian 14th Century (crystal); London 17th Century (mounts); Western European 19th or 20th Century (spout)

Ewer and Cover, 14th century (crystal); c. 1600 (mounts); before 1905 (spout)

West Building, Main Floor — Gallery 27

Medium

rock crystal and gilded silver and copper

Dimensions

overall (height): 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)
overall (diameter of base): 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.303

Artists / Makers

Venetian 14th Century (artist)

Parisian 14th Century (artist)

London 17th Century (artist)

Western European 19th Century (artist)

Western European 20th Century (artist)

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Provenance

Henry Cyril Paget, 5th marquess of Anglesey [1875-1905], Beau-Desert, Staffordshire; (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 24 February 1905, no. 105); (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris). Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from the Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Anglesey, Henry Cyril Paget, 5th marquess of
Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
Duveen Brothers, Inc.
Widener, Joseph E.

Bibliography

1935: Inventory of the Objects d'Art at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, The Estate of the Late P.A.B. Widener. Philadelphia, 1935: 43.

1942: Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 11.

2019: Vignon, Charlotte. Duveen Brothers and the Market for Decorative Arts, 1880-1940. New York, 2019: 224 fig. 80, 224-225, 275 n. 806.