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Goblet: C.153-2015

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Glasshouse: Unknown

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Description

Lead-glass; the round-funnel bowl rests on an anulet supported by a stem comprising a cylindrical section, an anulet, a hollow-blown knop containing a silver Maundy 2d of King Charles II dated 1679, a short cylindrical section, and a basal anulet, rising from a plain foot with a pontil mark underneath.

Notes

History note: Howard Phillips, London, from whom purchased, December, 1982 by Sir Ivor Batchelor, CBE ; 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: 17 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century
19th Century
Circa 1715 CE - 1730 CE

Note

This glass has a bowl which looks wrong with the stem, and it seems likely to have been made later than the date given on accession

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Inside Knop composed of silver ( maundy coin)
Foot Diameter 8.3 cm
Rim Diameter 8.5 cm

Materials used in production

Lead-glass

Techniques used in production

Blowing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: small rectangular white paper stick-on label

  • Text: 30
  • Location: On underside of foot
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.153-2015
Primary reference Number: 206878
Old object number: 30
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.153-2006
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 13 October 2015 Updated: Tuesday 28 August 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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