English lead-glass loving cup

An image of Two-handled cup. Loving cup. Unidentified glasshouse, England. The thistle-shaped bowl has moulded vertical gadrooning round the lower part and stands on a low foot. It has an applied trailed thread about half way up the side. On each side it has an applied strap handle with an upward kick at the lower end. In the middle of the underside there is a pontil mark. Clear lead-glass, height, whole, 11.9 cm, width, whole, 16.5 cm, diameter, foot, 7.1 cm, 1710-1720. Baroque. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund.

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Two-handled cup. Loving cup. Unidentified glasshouse, England. The thistle-shaped bowl has moulded vertical gadrooning round the lower part and stands on a low foot. It has an applied trailed thread about half way up the side. On each side it has an applied strap handle with an upward kick at the lower end. In the middle of the underside there is a pontil mark. Clear lead-glass, height, whole, 11.9 cm, width, whole, 16.5 cm, diameter, foot, 7.1 cm, 1710-1720. Baroque. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund.

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Accession Number: C.163-2015
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: GFX 50S
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 956 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
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Exposure time: 1/160
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2018:07:04 03:23:46

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18th Century _WF_ArtFund _WF_Batchelor Baroque clear glass cup English Fitz_AA glass glassware handled handles lead glass loving cup two handled two-handled

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