Glasshouse:
Thomas Webb & Sons
(Probably)
Glasshouse:
Stevens and Williams
(Possibly)
Clear lead-glass with 'rock crystal' engraving in Chinese style
Clear lead-glass with 'rock crystal' engraving. The bowl stands on a narrow cylindrical foot. Its curved sides have been squashed to produced a ounded oblong mouth with an outwards folding edge. The foot is decorated with hatched triangles. The long sides have a bat over a lucky sign, flanked by stylized floral sprays which meet at the narrow ends. The rim has a border of lozenges containing a four-petalled flowerhead.
History note: Howard Phillips, Henrietta Place, London, from whom purchased in October 1975; Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor, St Andrew's, Fife; Sir Ivor died on 24 April 2005; on loan since 2006 (Syndicate of 30 January)
Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest
Height: 7.9 cm
Width: 10 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
19th Century, Late#
Victoria I
Production date:
circa
AD 1884
Bats are symbols of happiness and joy in Chinese art, and are generally considered lucky creastures. In Chinese the word sounds like the word for 'Good Fortune'.
In 'Rock crystal' engraving the design and uncut surface are polished, as opposed to normal wheel-engraving where the design is not polished and contrasts with the surface. Both Thomas Webb and Stevens & Williams undertook this style of engraving during the 1870s and 1880s.
Decoration
Accession number: C.136-2015
Primary reference Number: 206830
Old object number: 7
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.136-2006
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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