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On View In:
Gallery 350
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Artist:
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Auguste Adolphe Willms
Léonard Morel Ladeuil (border)
Elkington and Co.
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Title:
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"Pompeiian Lady" plaque
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Date:
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1875
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Medium:
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Silver, gilt
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Dimensions:
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1 1/16 x 11 9/16 x 11 9/16 in. (2.7 x 29.37 x 29.37 cm)
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Credit Line:
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Gift of various donors, by exchange
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Location:
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Gallery 350
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Elkington and Co.
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Role:
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Manufacturer
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Nationality:
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British
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Life Dates:
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British, founded 1836
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Name:
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Willms, Auguste Adolphe
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Role:
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Designer
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Life Dates:
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French, 1823-1899
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Name:
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Ladeuil, Léonard Morel
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Role:
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Designer
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Nationality:
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French, c. 1820-1888
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Life Dates:
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French, c. 1820-1888
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Date, Inscription and Marks
Several illegible, lightly-incised inscriptions on back, top 1/3 of pla LLQ, engraved: [Elkington & Co. 1875] LRQ, engraved: [AW];
Bottom center, stamped: 2 illegible small stamps, [F], [E], [(anchor)] and [a]
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Classification:
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Metalwork
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Physical Description:
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concave, plate-like shape; relief design of seated woman wearing a gauzy drape in an interior; putti with flowers wearing a necklace on PL side of woman; another figure places a basket of flowers at woman's feet
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Creation Place:
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, England, , , Birmingham
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Accession #:
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2003.1.4
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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