IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 206785 accession number: C.253-2015 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 15 September 2015 updated: Tuesday 1 December 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Vase or flask made of thick, clear mould-blown glass with compressed globular body, cylindrical flared neck, short splayed foot and two small applied loop handles. The shape resembles that of a mosque lamp. Decorated with a band of Kufic script around the shoulder, in off-white, and bands of stylized carnations around the body and neck, in white, turquoise, cobalt blue and dark blue enamels. On the front a reserved leaf-shaped panel outlined in gold and containing the initials E L, entwined, in turqoise-green. On the reverse a similar panel containing a spray of carnations with dark red flowers. There are bands of gold around the neck and foot and two small bands of gold on each handle. object type: glass vase decorated with enamels and gold title: vase NOTES ----- type: history note value: Edith Bulwer Lytton (1841-1936), wife of 1st Earl of Lytton; by descent to vendor; Willingham Auction, (near Cambridge) 28 March 2015, lot 1626 LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum STABLE URL ---------- url: http://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/206785 PEOPLE ------------------- Bulmer-Lytton, Edith Bulmer-Lytton, Robert SUBJECTS ------------------- Delhi Durbar 1877 TECHNIQUES ---------- colourless mould-blown glass with applied handles, painted in blue, dark blue, turquoise-green, and white enamels, and gilded mould-blowing CATEGORIES ------ category: glass DATING ------ creation date: 1877 - 1877 creation date earliest: 1877 creation date latest: 1877 culture: last quarter of 19th century CREATORS -------- maker: J & L Lobmeyr DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Depth units: cm value: 10.7 dimension: Height units: cm value: 17.5 dimension: Width units: cm value: 16 CITATIONS -------- Osterreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, '150 Jahre Lobmeyr, 1823-1973'. J. & L. Lobmeyr. Between Tradition and Innovation. Glassware from the MAK Collection Lobmeyr 1823: Helles Glas und klares Licht Surpassing the beauty of rock crystal. Ludwig Lobmeyr. Glass Legend ---