Presentation Plate from the “Blumen Serie” (Flower Series)

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Presentation Plate from the “Blumen Serie” (Flower Series)

Artist J. & L. Lobmeyr (Vienna)

Date1888

DimensionsDiam: 45 cm (17 3/4 in.)

MediumColorless glass; blown, enameled, gilded

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Florence Scott Libbey Bequest in Memory of her Father, Maurice A. Scott

Object number

1983.9

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 4

Label TextExemplifying the eclectic 19th-century style of historicism (Historismus), in which artists looked back to previous styles for inspiration, this plate combines 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 spectacular “Flower Series” of glass retailer and tastemaker J. & L. Lobmeyr of Vienna included a wide variety of luxury tableware, of which this plate is one of less than a handful of examples that survive.Published ReferencesPage, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 162-163, repr. (col.) p. 163, (det.) p. 127.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, New Acquisitions in Glass, Oct. 8 - Dec. 26, 2004.