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Finger bowl: C.3-1976

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Current Location: Mezzanine Landing

Maker(s)

Glassworks: Unknown

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Description

Clear glass, blown, and acid-etched. Circular with straight sides sloping inwards towards the rim. Decorated on the sides with ancient Egyptian motifs: four sphinxes separated by lotus plants.

Notes

History note: Richard Dennis, Kensington Church Street, London

Legal notes

Purchased with the Napier Duplicates Fund

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 12.5 cm
Height: 7.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1976-03-11) by Dennis, Richard

Dating

19th Century, Late
Victoria I
Production date: circa AD 1882

Note

See trade catalogue of Silber and Fleming, Wood St. London, where this design for a suite of glass is illustrated as The 'Egyptian', nd, c. 1882 (Victoria and Albert Library).

School or Style

Egyptian Revival
Victorian

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration

Materials used in production

Lead-glass

Techniques used in production

Blowing : Blown lead glass with acid-etched decoration

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.3-1976
Primary reference Number: 26809

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 29 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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