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In the second half of the 19th century, Vienna produced distinctive enamelware ranging from small objets de vertu to large pieces of furniture. Only a few names of the largest workshop owners are recorded, one of the most significant being Hermann Boehm (worked 1866-1922) who was awarded a medal for his 'Limoges' enamel jewellery at the World Fair in Vienna in 1873. The rock crystal panels of this display tray may well have been subcontracted to J & L Lobmeyr, the Austrian glass company (founded in Vienna in 1823); in 1851 the firm established a studio in Polevsko for cutting, painting and engraving blanks. The overall design of such a tray can be attributed to the architect, designer and teacher Josef von Storck (1830-1902). Storck consistently used neo-Renaissance forms in his designs for interior decoration, such as the furnishings of the King's Pavilion at the 1873 Vienna World Fair, and decorative objects, including glass designs for J & L Lobmeyr.
The fairy-tale Château of Chenonceaux is situated in the Loire valley. Thomas Bohier began building in 1512 in a style that combines Renaissance ideas, then just beginning to arrive from Italy, with the established character of Northern Gothic, a style often associated with Francis I of France. It later became the home of the beautiful mistress of Henri II, Diane de Poitiers, and of Catherine de Medici. Archaeological and fashionable interest in such buildings was vigorously revived in the second half of the 19th century and the restoration of the house became the dedicated work of Madame de Pelouze.
A similar display dish by Boehm (dated 1866-72), of octagonal form with enamelled jewel work and glass and crystal panels engraved with grotesques and a central medallion showing Adonis, is in the Oxley Bequest at Temple Newsam House, Leeds.
The fairy-tale Château of Chenonceaux is situated in the Loire valley. Thomas Bohier began building in 1512 in a style that combines Renaissance ideas, then just beginning to arrive from Italy, with the established character of Northern Gothic, a style often associated with Francis I of France. It later became the home of the beautiful mistress of Henri II, Diane de Poitiers, and of Catherine de Medici. Archaeological and fashionable interest in such buildings was vigorously revived in the second half of the 19th century and the restoration of the house became the dedicated work of Madame de Pelouze.
A similar display dish by Boehm (dated 1866-72), of octagonal form with enamelled jewel work and glass and crystal panels engraved with grotesques and a central medallion showing Adonis, is in the Oxley Bequest at Temple Newsam House, Leeds.