Engraver: Jabez Francis, B.
Cumbria lead-crystal glass decorated in diamond-point stipple and line engraving. Pointed round funnel bowl, baluster stem composed of two angular knops flanking an inverted baluster ringed at the top; flat foot. The bowl is diamond-point stipple engraved with a rearing horse on one side, and on the other with a view of Burghley House flanked by pine trees. The upper side of the foot is line engraved with '1680 Frans Greenwood 1761', and with the mark.
History note: B. Jabez Francis
Height: 22.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1980-10-13) by Jabez Francis, B.
1970s
Production date:
circa
AD 1979
The goblet commemorates the 300th anniversary of the birth of the glass engraver Frans Greenwood in 1680.
Foot
Diameter 7.5 cm
Rim
Diameter 9.8 cm
Bowl
Decoration
Inscription present: for B. Jabez Francis, the engraver
Accession number: C.14-1980
Primary reference Number: 24980
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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