Oval dish
Unknown Artist
1732–33
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/4 × 9 7/8 × 15 1/4 in. (3.2 × 25.1 × 38.7 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Silver
Culture
French, Paris
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Catherine D. Wentworth, 1948
Accession Number
48.187.326
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About this artwork
This oval silver dish exemplifies the transition from Baroque to Rococo aesthetics in early Georgian silverwork. Created in 1732-33, the piece dates to a pivotal moment in English decorative arts when the exuberant Rococo style was just beginning to emerge from France, introduced to England largely through Huguenot refugee silversmiths fleeing religious persecution. The early 1730s marked the initial appearance of Rococo in England, though the style would not fully flourish until the 1740s-1770s...