English sweetmeat glass (centre)

An image of C.614-1961: Sweetmeat glass/dessert glass. Unknown English glassmaker. Moulded double-ogee bowl, looped rim with prunts on triple collar and simple white opaque twist stem, domed and folded foot, moulded to match bowl. Lead-glass, bowl and foot moulded, height, whole, 16.5 cm, diameter, whole, 8.9 cm, circa 1760.
Adlib numbers of others to be confirmed. One posset pot on left, engraved drinking glass on right.

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C.614-1961: Sweetmeat glass/dessert glass. Unknown English glassmaker. Moulded double-ogee bowl, looped rim with prunts on triple collar and simple white opaque twist stem, domed and folded foot, moulded to match bowl. Lead-glass, bowl and foot moulded, height, whole, 16.5 cm, diameter, whole, 8.9 cm, circa 1760. Adlib numbers of others to be confirmed. One posset pot on left, engraved drinking glass on right.

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Accession Number: C.614-1961
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 550 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 318.58kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1
Captured: 2012:12:21 15:19:38

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18th Century blown glass clear dessert glass dish drinking vessel English engraved engraving Fitz_AA Georgian glass glassware handle handled lead glass ogee posset pot prunt spout spouted stem stemmed sweetmeat dish sweetmeat glass twist twisted two-handled vessel wine vessel

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