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Glasshouse: Unknown
Soda glass, with vetro a fili foot trailed in turquoise-blue round the edge; plain conical bowl engraved with a portrait, probably of the infant Prince Willem III of Orange (b. 1650).
History note: Sir Ivor and Lady Batchlor, St Andrew's Fife; Sir Ivor died on 24 April 2005; on loan since 2006 (Syndicate of 30 January). Purchased from Howard Phillips, June 1995
Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund
Diameter: 5.7 cm
Height: 11.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
17th Century, second half#
19th Century, second half#
After
1655
CE
-
Before
1665
CE
1840
-
1880
The bust is probably of the infant Prince William III who was born in 1650, and as was customary then would have been dressed like a little girl until he was breeched. The image if similar to one of the Prince which is painted on a Delft plate, dated 1658, except that there he is wearing a hat (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam). However, the quality of the glass itself, suggests that it is façon de Venise revival of the 19th century rather than c. 1655.
Bowl
Edge To Foot
soda Glass
Accession number: C.200-2015
Primary reference Number: 206936
Old object number: 102
Old loan number: AAL.202-2006
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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