Glass and Hardstone · 01-04
Rock crystal ewer
ca. 1680 and early 19th century
- Medium
- Smoky rock crystal, enamel, gold, diamonds
- Date
- ca. 1680 and early 19th century
- Dimensions
- 25.1 cm high
- Catalogue
- 01-04
- Credit
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
Carved from a single block of smoky quartz, then mounted in enamelled gold set with diamonds. The mounts are a later campaign than the carving — the object as it stands is the work of two centuries.
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