1592970258000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-26398 1748973815981 1714464922000 1748973812370 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-26398 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/26398 76493596-9d5f-36ab-9e92-41a7bd08e6ce 6 reference term-91170 adlib-term-91170 d49ca0b4-ccae-3039-afe0-882c186cff25 glass reference term-113183 adlib-term-113183 d0b2833e-0e65-3606-934e-193dc9d8511d Ralph Griffin reference term-107563 adlib-term-107563 38dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ff enamels Decoration Opaque white glass, with incised twist stem, the foot, and nozzle painted in polychrome enamels; enamelled copper drip pan painted in enamels in polychrome enamels reference term-106226 adlib-term-106226 194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815 painting Stem reference term-26908 adlib-term-26908 93db4eba-7855-3a51-a5b6-3c0d8390f722 incising reference term-115 adlib-term-115 94d65983-dea2-361b-b187-a968c98ab1d8 Nature Applied Arts Opaque white glass painted in polychrome enamels; drip-pan of enamelled copper with gilt-metal rim. Incised twist stem between multiple knops. Domed circular foot. The foot is painted with flowers and insects, and there are sprays of flowers on the nozzle and drip pan. 251 reference exhibition-1353 adlib-exhibition-1353 da8c6eb0-0863-313b-bfab-bef2a5890bfe Glass at the Fitzwilliam Museum C/G.1 & A-1935 1 accession number C/G.1 & A-1935 26398 priref 26398 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/26398 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/26398 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA reference agent-151196 adlib-agent-151196 70c394ca-7483-3017-9867-b0191829b8bf Griffin, Ralph, MA, FSA 1935 1935 1935-02-20 given Entry date: 1935-02-20 1755 1755 1755 circa 1755 1760 1 1760 1760 1760 probably glassmaker reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown The enamelled copper drip pan suggests that the taperstick was manufacture in South Staffordshire reference term-106400 adlib-term-106400 3e80c102-1483-3c39-b2f4-67e333d653d8 18th Century reference term-107658 adlib-term-107658 824d3ecf-92c1-33aa-8d45-2f0239317270 literal England England country South Staffordshire, probably Staffordshire presumed opacified with arsenic reference term-33304 adlib-term-33304 d0436335-5dba-3634-afc3-4e9f01c79df7 opaque white glass Diameter cm 8.9 Height cm 17 reference term-69255 adlib-term-69255 43a2c5bd-8855-3f43-a776-1eb5b7dd9a56 taperstick history note unknown before donor 1 reference object-26407 adlib-object-26407 35e260bb-313b-3ebf-ad45-1908e1fde35d

1 reference 1 term-69255 adlib-term-69255 43a2c5bd-8855-3f43-a776-1eb5b7dd9a56 taperstick

taperstick reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Publ. p. 100, no. 251, illustrated on p. 101 p. 100 reference publication-1924 adlib-publication-1924 3252f5ca-97b5-359d-8e95-0108bc09ab88 Glass at the Fitzwilliam Museum Publ. Illustrated, p. 78, pl. 66 p. 78 reference publication-1945 adlib-publication-1945 dac1adce-8bd9-3287-b9ed-682288086976 Glass, The Smithsonian Illustrated Library and Antiques Ref. See R.J. Charleston, Foreword, and 'Opaque-White Glass of the Third Quarter of the 18th Century' for a discussion of the possible attribution of candlesticks and tapersticks of this kind. Cf. A pair of candlesticks of the same type, p. 22, no. 1, attributed to South Staffs, c. 1755-60 2-3, 4-18 reference publication-1988 adlib-publication-1988 886130f5-d070-36be-b4dc-31b0e0313ecf Gilding the Lily, Rare Forms of Decoration on English Glass of the Later 18th Century Cf. Lot 284, a pair of candlesticks with comparable decoration attributed to South Staffordshire, c. 1755-60 330-1 reference publication-3760 adlib-publication-3760 f7f2c848-dabb-3d8b-9a56-28fb98eb8ef9 50 Years of Collecting: The Decorative Arts of Georgian England reference term-9010 adlib-term-9010 ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6 Rococo animal reference term-109302 adlib-term-109302 4947b8fd-1ece-3526-8cf6-3aad8b169739 insects plant reference term-107622 adlib-term-107622 523e46be-6c51-3455-8391-3ea334aab2f0 flowers literal insects insects literal flowers flowers

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