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Wine glass: C.137-2015

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Glasshouse: Perrin Geddes & Co. (Probably)
Glasshouse: Webb & Co. (Perhaps)

Entities

Categories

Description

Colourless lead-glass with cut decoration

Colourless lead glass with cut decoration. The glass has an eight-pointed star foot cut on the underside with a radiating rays. The faceted stem has a depressed knop with diamond-cut ornament. The wide bucket-shaped bowl has an applied calyx cut with eight swirling serrated leaves or waves which project beyond the side of the bowl. Above them is a narrow horizontal band of cutting resembling a rope.

Notes

History note: Howard Phillips, Henrietta Place, London, from whom purchased in February 1978; 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: 11 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Warrington ⪼ Lancashire ⪼ England
  • Stourbridge ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady

Dating

19th Century, Early#
Circa 1810 CE - 1820 CE

Note

For bibliography on this cut-glass pattern, see the documentation for C.21-1985. If early 19th century the glass was probably made by Perrin Geddes & Co. but the pattern was reproduced by Thomas Webb & Co. in whose pattern book designs were numbered 29086 and 29363 datable to 1906.

School or Style

Regency

Components of the work

Rim Diameter 8.2 cm
Foot Width 7.3 cm
Decoration

Materials used in production

Lead-glass

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.137-2015
Primary reference Number: 206831
Old object number: 8
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.137-2006
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 6 October 2015 Updated: Tuesday 12 June 2018 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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