Glasshouse: La Granja de San Ildefonso glasshouse
Clear glass tumbler or beaker, with gold decoration. The glass has a flat base, and sides which slope gently outwards towards the rim. On one side there is a scrolled cartouche inscribed 'La Marquesa/ de/ Alcocevar'. This is linked by slender swags to a bird perching on a two-handled vase flanked by birds perching on leaves. In the spaces on the sides there are small scattered sprigs, and round the rim, a continuous stem with trefoil leaves. There is no pontil mark on the base
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, November 1988
Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest
Diameter: 8 cm
Height: 9.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
18th Century
19th Century
Circa
1785
CE
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1900
CE
This glass is more likely to have been made in the 19th century than the 18th century.
Decoration
clear Glass
Accession number: C.218-2015
Primary reference Number: 206943
Old object number: 72
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.220-2006
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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