Name of Object:

Pair of vases and pedestals

Name in original language:

Pareja de jarrones con pie

Location:

Madrid, Spain

Holding Institution:

National Museum of Decorative Arts

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Holding Institution (original language):

Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas

Date of Object:

c. 1878

Inventory Number:

MNAD9008 and 9009

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Coloured glass, mould-blown; enamelled decoration

Dimensions:

70,6 x 21,6 cm each

Provenance:

J. & L. Lobmeyr (Austria, Vienna)

Description:

The interlacing and the flower decoration of this pair of glass vases can be considered an example of the great influence exerted by the Turkish or Orientalist revival. The glass factories of the Austro-Hungarian Empire played an important role in the spreading of this style.

Type of Object

Glass

Citation of this web page:

Ana Cabrera "Pair of vases and pedestals" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;es;65;en

Prepared by: Ana Cabrera
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: SP 065