Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Glassmaker:
Stuart & Co
Engraver:
Peace, David
Entities
Categories
Description
Footed bowl. Clear glass, blown, and diamond-point engraved, with etched mark. Circular with flaring sides, short stem, and plain, circular foot. Diamond-point engraved on the foot 'd.d. AMICI' and round the top of the bowl 'HCH Parvum hoc non parvae amicitiae pignus', followed below by the signatures of those who presented the bowl, 'Cecil Bourn Oliver Churchill/ Cumberland Damborn Doreen Gemble Douglas Harding, Peter Bicknell/Angela Hatton Robin G Hill Francis Hookham Juliet Johnson/Catherine Matthews T.F. Morris F.W.O. Haslop/Michael Mil?in/Graham Pollard M.M. Postan'.
Notes
History note: Commissioned from the engraver for presentation to H.C. Hughes, MA, FRIBA; Mrs H.C. Hughes
Legal notes
Given by Mrs H.C. Hughes in memory of her husband
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 22.3 cm
Height: 19.4 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1976-03-11)
by
Hughes, H. C., Mrs
Dating
1970s
Production date:
circa
AD 1975
Components of the work
Decoration
Materials used in production
Lead-glass
Techniques used in production
Blowing
: Clear glass, blown, and diamond-point engraved, with etched marks
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: signed by David Peace, fleur de lis over signature
- Location: On foot
- Method of creation: Etched
- Type: Signature
- Text: Stuart, England 1975
- Location: On foot
- Method of creation: Etched
- Type: Date
- Text: d.d. AMICI
- Location: On foot
- Method of creation: Diamond-point engraved
- Type: Inscription
- Text: HCH Parvum hoc non parvae amicitiae pignus/Cecil Bourn Oliver Churchill/ Cumberland Damborn Doreen Gemble Douglas Harding, Peter Bicknell/Angela Hatton Robin G Hill Francis Hookham Juliet Johnson/Catherine Matthews T.F. Morris F.W.O. Haslop/Michael Mil?in/Graham Pollard M.M. Postan
- Location: On sides
- Method of creation: Diamond-point engraved
- Type: Inscription
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.6-1976
Primary reference Number: 26812
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
