Bottle from cruet: M.4.6 & A-1948

Current Location: Mezzanine Landing

Titles

bottle from cruet

Maker(s)

Silversmith: uncertain

Entities

Cruet bottle

Categories

Silver

Description

Glass with silver cover (with frame and four more glass bottles with silver covers and three bottle labels, see M.4.1 & A-1948, M.4.2 & A-1948, M.4.3 & A-1948, M.4.4 & A-1948, M.4.5 & A-1948, M.4.6-1948, M.4.7-1948 and M.4.8-1948)

Glass; the straight-sided bottle is cut with a geometric pattern of triangles, hexagons and zigzags. The pull-off silver cover has a narrow gadrooned rim below a low dome, which is sumounted by a shaped-square finial.

Legal notes

Given by C.D. Rotch Esq.

Measurements and weight

Width: 6.2 cm
Width: 2⅜ in

Place(s) associated

London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1948-04-16) by Rotch, Claude Dickason

Dating

Mid 18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1765 : George III

Components of the work

Cover composed of silver
Bottle composed of glass
To Top Of Finial Height 18 cm Height 7⅛ in
Glass
Silver Cover
Silver Decoration
Silver Finial

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.4.6 & A-1948
Primary reference Number: 157578
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 July 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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