Artist
Wally Gilbert (English, born 1946)English, born 1946
CultureEnglish
Titles
- Beaker
Date2003
Made inHerefordshire, England
MediumSterling silver, parcel gilt, and moonstones
Dimensions4 × 2 3/8 in., 270 gm (10.2 × 6 cm)
Credit LineMargo Grant Walsh Twentieth Century Silver and Metalwork Collection, gift of Margo Grant Walsh
Object number2014.11
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History“Collecting by Design: Silver and Metalwork of the Twentieth Century,” San Francisco Airport Museums, February 5–August 5, 2007.
“Designed by Architects: Metalwork from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 15–August 3, 2008; Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, September 12, 2008–January 25, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Maker's marks on bottom: "W G", "925", anchor, lion, and "d" (?)
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Jennifer Trask
2007
Sterling silver, 18k, 22k, and 24k gold, copper, shakudo, steel, ivory, hematite, carnelian, garnet, hessonite, moonstones, butterfly wings, pandora moth wings, dragonfly and cranefly wings, feathers, snakeskin, glass eyes of fish and reptiles, eyeshadow made of fish scales, gold powder, mica powder, bronze powder, gold and mica flakes, crushed shells, bronze shavings, ficus leaf, and rust
2009.1660.1
Wally Gilbert
c. 2009
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2022.403.1,.2
Pottier & Stymus
c. 1875
Cherry, eastern white pine, parcel-gilt, glass, and metals
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