Ewer
On display
Ewer, carved from two pieces of lapis lazuli. The foot, collar and handle are gold. The handle is formed as a two-tailed triton with a horn. The carving probably by Ottavio Miseroni. The gold perhaps by Paulus van Vianen.
Details
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Title
Ewer
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Artist/maker
possibly Jan Vermeyen (born c. 1559 - 1606) (goldsmith)possibly Paulus Willemsz. van Vianen (1565 - 1613) (goldsmith)formerly attributed to Miseroni workshop (1608 - 1608 active) -
Associated place
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Date
c. 1600 - 1610 -
Material and technique
lapis lazuli, gold; carved
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Object type
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Dimensions
16.7 cm (height) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.
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Museum location
Second floor | Gallery 53 | European Goldsmiths' Work -
Museum department
Western Art
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Accession no.
WA2013.1.163
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Further reading
Wilson, Timothy, ‘The Ashmolean: The Michael Wellby Bequest no. 65, Spring 2013’, (2013), p.2
C. Truman, ‘Oxford's silver gilt bequest: The Art Newspaper’, (2013)
Anna Cecilia Koldeweij, ‘Vind’, (2015), illus. p. 32
Koldeweij, Anna Cecilia, ‘Van kunstkamer tot museumzaal: De nagelaten collectie van Michael Wellby’, (2015)
Wilson, Timothy, Winterbottom, Matthew, Treasures of the Goldsmith's Art: The Michael Wellby Bequest to the Ashmolean Museum (Ashmolean Museum University of Oxford, 2015)
