Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Glasshouse:
Pellatt and Green
Proprietor of glasshouse:
Pellatt, Apsley
Entities
Categories
Description
Cut glass containing a sulphide of George IV, the reverse inscribed 'Pellatt and Green/Patentees/LONDON'
Notes
History note: Howard Phillips, London from whom purchased in December 1974; Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor, St Andrew's, Fife; Sir Ivor died on 24 April 2005; on loan since 2006 (Syndicate of 30 January)
Legal notes
Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund
Measurements and weight
Height: 10.4 cm
Width: 8 cm
Place(s) associated
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(2015-04-27)
by
Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
Dating
1820s
George IV
Circa
1820
CE
-
1830
CE
Note
The technique of making sulphides or 'cameo encrustations' was introduced into England about 1819 by Apsley Pellatt (1791-1863). The sulphides were made of china clay, sand, and potash, heated and cast in plaster-of-Paris moulds. Ater firing and cooling, they were re-heated and enclosed in molten glass. When the object was finished, the sulphide had a silvery apperance, although it was actually white or pale grey.
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Flask And Stopper
composed of
glass
( clear)
Inscription or legends present
- Text: Pellatt and Green/Patentees/LONDON
- Location: On the back of the sulphide
- Type: Inscription
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.134 & A-2015
Primary reference Number: 206825
Old object number: 4
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.134 & A-2006
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Tuesday 29 September 2015
Updated: Monday 14 May 2018
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
