English glass thistle-shaped tankard

An image of Mug. Tankard. Unidentified English glasshouse. The waisted thistle-shaped tankard has mould-blown gadrooning on its lower part, and stands on a low foot. The handle is of D-section and has a folded kick at the lower end. Clear lead-glass blown and mould-blown. 1720. Baroque. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund.

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Mug. Tankard. Unidentified English glasshouse. The waisted thistle-shaped tankard has mould-blown gadrooning on its lower part, and stands on a low foot. The handle is of D-section and has a folded kick at the lower end. Clear lead-glass blown and mould-blown. 1720. Baroque. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund.

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Accession Number: C.142-2015
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: GFX 50S
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 900 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 349.36kB
Exposure time: 1/160
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2018:07:04 02:33:50

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18th Century _WF_ArtFund _WF_Batchelor Baroque blown glass clear glass drinking vessel English Fitz_AA flowers gadrooned gadroons Georgian glass glassware handle handled lead glass mould blown glass mugs tankard thistle thistle shaped vessel

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