Presentation Plate from the “Blumen Serie” (Flower Series)
Artist: J. & L. Lobmeyr (Vienna)
Date: 1888
Dimensions:
Diam: 45 cm (17 3/4 in.)
Medium: Colorless glass; blown, enameled, gilded
Place of Origin: Austrian
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Florence Scott Libbey Bequest in Memory of her Father, Maurice A. Scott
Object number: 1983.9
Label Text:This plate exemplifies the eclectic style of historicism (Historismus) popular in Continental Europe, in which artists looked back to previous styles for inspiration. The plate combines monochromatic Classical palmettes around the outer edge, a wide band of luscious acanthus scrolls recalling 17th-century Baroque motifs, and the delicate flowers, insects, and snakes abundant on porcelain and glass of the Empire and Biedermeier styles of the first half of the 19th century in Austria and Germany.
The glass retailer J. & L. Lobmeyr of Vienna has been a tastemaker in luxury glassware and lighting devices since the first half of the 19th century. Their spectacular “Flower Series” included a large variety of luxury tableware of which less than a handful of examples survive.
The glass retailer J. & L. Lobmeyr of Vienna has been a tastemaker in luxury glassware and lighting devices since the first half of the 19th century. Their spectacular “Flower Series” included a large variety of luxury tableware of which less than a handful of examples survive.
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