cruet frame containing five bottles with three bottle labels
Silversmith:
Langford, John II
Silversmith:
Sebille, John
Silver; cinquefoil base with straight pierced sides
Silver; the cinquefoil base with gadrooned rim above vertical sides pierced with a geometric pattern of intersecting scrolls and leaves. The flat base stands on five cast openwork scroll feet. The five sided central devider is pierced with a geometric pattern, screwed to it is a tall cast handle with scalework sides surmounded by a central loop handle of asymetric scrolls. The front of the stand with applied rococo cartouche containing a crest of a boar's head. (with five glass bottles with silver pierced lids and three bottle tickets, see M.4-1948, M.4.2 & A-1948, M.4.3 & A-1948, M.4.4 & A-1948, M.4.5 & A-1948, M.4.6 & A-1948, M.4.7-1948, M.4.8-1948 and M.4.9-1948)
History note: Not known before donor
Given by C.D. Rotch Esq.
Weight: 980 g
Weight: 31 : 10 oz : dwt
Method of acquisition: Given (1948-04-16) by Rotch, Claude Dickason
18th Century, third quarter#
George III
1765
CE
-
1766
CE
Frame
composed of
silver
To Top Of Handle
Height 26.8 cm
Height 10½ in
Across Base
Width 18.5 cm
Width 7¼ in
Decoration
Feet
Handle
Inscription present: leopard's head crowned
Inscription present: lion passant
Inscription present: 'I' over 'JL' over 'S', in a cross-shaped cartouche
Accession number: M.4.1-1948
Primary reference Number: 119241
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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