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Cornucopia

AUS 940 | Austria, Vienna | circa 1890

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Artwork Details

Title: Cornucopia

Date: circa 1890

Location: Austria, Vienna

Materials: rock crystal, silver-gilt, opaque and transparent enamel, emeralds

Dimensions: height 50.2 cm

Accession Number: AUS 940

Other Notes:

Karl Rössler entered into business in Vienna in 1890 and is recorded at various addresses until 1908. Following the example of Hermann Ratzersdorfer, whose enamel and mounted crystal objects had attracted much attention at the 1873 Vienna World Exhibition, Rössler specialised in ‘Antique-imitation’. Rössler’s output, like that of his contemporary Hermann Böhm, lacks Ratzersdorfer’s refinement of conception and finish; its impact depends upon the drama of the first impression rather than the quiet delight of close scrutiny. Also like Böhm, Rössler used pre-fabricated elements to construct these Prunkstücke, thus permitting multiple production.

Bibliography:

Haydn Williams, Enamels of the World: 1700-2000 The Khalili Collections, London 2009, cat. 240, pp. 348–9.

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