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Jug: C.223-2015

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Glasshouse: Unknown

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Description

Pale green blown glass jug, with a bulbous body, a short cylindrical neck with two anulets, a flaring rim, and a slender curved spout. With an applied ribbon handle which widens into a thick oval pad at its base. There is a pontil mark in the centre of the concave base.

Notes

History note: Howard Phillips, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, from whom purchased in August 1990; 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

Measurements and weight

Height: 14.7 cm
Width: 14 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century, Mid#
18th Century
19th Century
1625 CE - 1675 CE

Note

The jug was accessioned as mid 17th century, but seems more like to have been made in the 18th or 19th century.

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Components of the work

Body

Materials used in production

pale green Glass

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.223-2015
Primary reference Number: 206948
Old object number: 84
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.225-2006

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 3 November 2015 Updated: Wednesday 4 March 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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