Spanish glass consecration bowl and cover

An image of Consecration bowl and cover. Unknown glasshouse, Spain. Clear glass, with opaque white combing. The cover has a pinched cross and two blue ears. Height 11 cm, diameter 8.7 cm, after 1550 to before 1650. Acquisition Credit: Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund.

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Consecration bowl and cover. Unknown glasshouse, Spain. Clear glass, with opaque white combing. The cover has a pinched cross and two blue ears. Height 11 cm, diameter 8.7 cm, after 1550 to before 1650. Acquisition Credit: Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund.

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Accession Number: C.227 & A-2015
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/39.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 797 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 407.89kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 39/1

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16th Century 17th Century _WF_Batchelor blue bowl clear glass combed combing consecration bowl cover ears Fitz_AA glass glassware opaque Spanish

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