Decanter for Rum
Maker:
Jacobs, Lazarus
Gilder:
Jacobs, Lazarus
(Possibly)
Gilder:
Jacobs, Isaac
(Possibly)
Dark blue glass decorated with gilding. Dumb-bell shape with flat stopper. Decorated with gold including a trompe l'oeil label inscribed 'Rum'. A pair with C/G.325.2 & A-1931
History note: J.C. Varty-Smith, Penrith; his sisters, the Misses Varty-Smith
Given by the Misses Varty-Smith
Diameter: 3 1/2 in
Height: 9 3/4 in
Method of acquisition: Given (1931-10-23) by Varty-Smith, Misses
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1790
CE
-
1805
CE
Lazarus Jacobs, whose glass house was in Temple Street, Bristol, died in 1795, and was succeeded by his son, Jacob, who set up the Non-Such Flint Glass Manufactory in Great Gardens, Bristol in 1805. This decanter is unsigned but may have been made and gilded at one or other glasshouse. Similar decanters signed ' I. Jacobs, England, Bristol' are in Bristol City Art Gallery.
Decoration
composed of
gold
Body
blue Lead-glass
Accession number: C/G.325.1 & A-1931
Primary reference Number: 26886
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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