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Tankard: C.160-2015

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Glasshouse: Unidentified (Possibly)

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Description

Colourless lead-glass, blown, with applied threads and handle. Cylindrical with a projecting base and slightly waisted sides and an applied handle which rises a little above the rim at the top and has a tooled lower end. There is an applied thread above the lower end of the handle and another below the upper end of the handle. The pontil mark has been ground away.

Notes

History note: Howard Phillips, London, from whom purchased, March, 1985; Sir Ivor and Lady Batchlor, 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: 11.2 cm
Width: 11.6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

19th Century, Early#
Circa 1800 CE - 1810 CE

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration
Handle

Materials used in production

Lead-glass

Techniques used in production

Blowing

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.160-2015
Primary reference Number: 206905
Old object number: 46
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.162-2006

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 3 November 2015 Updated: Tuesday 12 June 2018

Associated departments & institutions

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

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