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Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Rectangular panel, broken in irregular edge at bottom. Decorated with figure of "Flora" engraved from back in dull silver heightened with mirror silver. Figure in dancing pose, wearing short tunic with garland diagonally across torso, and holding wreath in upraised right hand and flower in left.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
mid- 17th–early 18th century
Credit Line
Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt
Medium
Engraved and silvered glass
Dimensions
H x W: 20.4 x 22 cm (8 1/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Type
glasswares
Decorative Arts
Mirror
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