1992.7.8 George W. Shiebler, Grass sardine server


GENERAL DESCRIPTION    
With a grass-shaped handle and a spatula formed by a cluster of fish, this sardine server reflects the influence of metalwork of Meiji period Japan, characterized by a fusion of naturalism and functionalism, as well as the innovation of designer George Shiebler. 

Drawn from
  • Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 128, 140-141, 339. 
  • Hannah Sigur, The Influence of Japanese Art on Design (Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 2008), 160. 

NOTES
I updated the title in TMS according to Decorative Arts and Design Title Formats. 

I added the following as a TMS Text Entry: Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 338. 

I updated Provenance, Exhibition History, and Published References in TMS. 

Updated format 8/1/17

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Until 1992: The V. Stephen Vaughan Collection, Chelsea, Massachusetts

From 1992: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from the above

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Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Nineteenth-Century American Silver.

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General Description
   
With a grass-shaped handle and a spatula formed by a cluster of fish, this sardine server reflects the influence of metalwork of Meiji period Japan, characterized by a fusion of naturalism and functionalism, as well as the innovation of designer George Shiebler. 

Drawn from
  • Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 128, 140-141, 339. 
  • Hannah Sigur, The Influence of Japanese Art on Design (Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 2008), 160. 

Fun Facts

Archival Resources

Web Resources
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Nineteenth-Century American Silver.

Notes
I updated the title in TMS according to Decorative Arts and Design Title Formats. 

I added the following as a TMS Text Entry: Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 338. 

I updated Provenance, Exhibition History, and Published References in TMS. 

Updated format 8/1/17

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures

Geography

Process/materials

Historical periods

Individuals

Subject terms

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE
Until 1992: The V. Stephen Vaughan Collection, Chelsea, Massachusetts

From 1992: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from the above

AUDIO ASSETS 

VIDEO ASSETS

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