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Wine cooler: AAL.2-2012

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown
Repairer: Pearce, Edmund

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Description

Two-handled plain oval wine cistern, on waisted foot with leaf capped double scroll and shell handles and moulded everted rim, later engraved with a coat-of-arms. Patched by Edmund Pearce

Legal notes

Lent to the museum by the estate of the late Ralph Merton

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Loan (2012) by Merton, Ralph, the estate of

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1712

Techniques used in production

Moulding
Engraving (incising)

Identification numbers

Accession number: AAL.2-2012
Primary reference Number: 208679
Entry form: 1057
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Audit data

Created: Friday 6 May 2016 Updated: Thursday 19 December 2019 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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