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Tankard: C.138-2015

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unidentified English glasshouse

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Description

Lead-glass tankard with engraved foliage, and inscriptions ‘HB’ and ‘Fawthorp’

Colourless lead-glass, blown, and engraved. Cylindrical with an almost vertical 'skirt', an applied band round the middle, and a strap handle with a tooled terminal and small kick at the lower end. Engraved above the band are the script initials 'HB enclosed by curving sprays of foliage extending to left and right towards the handle. Below the band is the name 'Fanthorp' with on each side of it a large scrolling stylized leaf.

Notes

History note: Howard Phillips, London, from whom purchased, 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: 15.7 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Mid
George II
Production date: circa AD 1755 : possibly later

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Foot Diameter 10 cm
Decoration

Materials used in production

Lead-glass

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: HB and Fawthorp
  • Method of creation: Engraved
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.138-2015
Primary reference Number: 206832
Old object number: 9
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.138-2006
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 6 October 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

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