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Sweetmeat glass: C.618-1961

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown

Entities

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Description

Lead glass. Moulded double-ogee bowl with dentate rim on slightly wrthyen incised twist stem and small moulded foot.

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator

Legal notes

D.H. Beves Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 9.4 cm
Height: 11.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961-10-19) by Beves, Donald H.

Dating

18th Century, Mid#
Production date: circa AD 1760

Components of the work

Bowl, Foot

Materials used in production

Lead-glass

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.618-1961
Primary reference Number: 25596
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 24 September 2020 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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