Description
In plique-à-jour enameling, the metal base is either in a cage form or is pierced to make openings, which are then filled with enamel to create an effect similar to stained glass.
Conservation
Treatment not needed. Marks on back of bowl identified. Maker is probably Georg Adam Scheid, Vienna. Likely dates are 1872-1911 based on maker's mark, small mark and Scheid's retirement date.
Date
Description
Narrative
4/05/2016
Examination
Examined for exhibition.
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Legum, Baltimore; given to Walters Art Museum, 1989.