Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Glasshouse:
Unidentified English glasshouse
(Possibly)
Entities
Categories
Description
Clear lead-glass, blown, and decorated with white and blue enamel. The jug stands on a flat, circular foot with a pontil mark in the centre. It has a bulbous lower part, a tall slender neck and a projecting lip. The applied loop handle is thicker at the top than at the lower end, which has a tooled double kick. The whole body is decorated with loops of opaque white enamel over which are wavy blue sloping horizontal bands of translucent blue enamel. The handle is undecorated.
Notes
History note: Howard Phillips, 11a Henrietta Place, London, from whom purchased in December, 1987; 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: 20.7 cm
Width: 13.5 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(2015-04-27)
by
Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
Dating
19th Century, Early#
George III
Circa
1800
CE
-
1820
CE
School or Style
Nailsea type
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( opaque white and translucent blue)
Foot
Diameter 8.9 cm
Handle
Materials used in production
clear
Lead-glass
Techniques used in production
Blowing
: Clear lead-glass, blown, and decorated with opaque white enamel loops and translucent blue enamel wavy horizontal lines; applied handle with tooled lower end
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: small rectangular white paper stick-on label
- Text: 66
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.170-2015
Primary reference Number: 206912
Old object number: 66
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.172-2006
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Tuesday 3 November 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
