Small vinaigrette in the form of a fish of a bass type with gray-green scales and red fins, the middle opens up to reveal a small container covered with a pierced lid of gilt silver, with additional gilt silver mounts and eye attached to the nose for hanging.

Vinaigrette

Dresden

About 1880

  • Titles Vinaigrette (Descriptive)
  • Artist Dresden, Germany
  • Medium porcelain and silver gilt
  • Dimensions 13/16 × 5 1/8 × 7/8 in. (2.1 × 13 × 2.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.492.1998a-b
  • Work Type vinaigrette
  • Classification Containers

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