Dish with Hispano-Moorish decoration Europe, 19th century

Dish with Hispano-Moorish decoration Europe, 19th century
Copper metal galvanoplasty.
In the centre, an abundant decoration of interlacing and vegetal
motifs, and an umbilicus in relief decorated with a
rosette. The marli is decorated with a frieze of calligraphy.
D. 36 cm

Electroplating is a means of reproducing an object using the principle of electrolysis. A mould connected to a negative
pole of a battery is immersed in a solvent. A direct electric current allows the metal particles
present in the solution to deposit on the mould in a uniform layer of copper metal. This method, which allows an exact facsimile of any object with an irregular surface, was developed in the 19th century and used
in the fields of printing and art. In the 1920s in particular, the Victoria & Albert Museum
in London acquired many electroplating copies of originals kept in various major European museums.

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