IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 26131 accession number: C/G.290-1931 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 15 December 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Lead glass, mould blown. The slender, bell-shaped bowl has sharp, slightly spiral ribbing, and stands on a hollow ball knop and circular foot with a pontil mark underneath. The hollow ball knop opens into the inside of the bowl. title: jelly glass NOTES ----- type: history note value: Collection of J.C. Varty-Smith of Penrith; his sisters, the Misses Varty-Smith LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by the Misses Varty-Smith STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/26131 PEOPLE ------------------- Varty-Smith, J.C. CATEGORIES ------ category: glass category: dessert glass DATING ------ creation date: 1750 - 1750 creation date earliest: 1750 creation date latest: 1750 culture: 18th Century, Mid culture: George II CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: cm value: 6.1 dimension: Height units: cm value: 3.9 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Feast and Fast: The Art of Food in Europe (1500-1800) CITATIONS -------- Feast & Fast. The Art of Food in Europe 1500-1800 Glasses for the Dessert II - Eighteenth Century English Jelly and Syllabub Glasses Sweet Glasses. Syllabubs and Jellies 18th century glasses for the dessert ---