Decanter: C.604 & A-1961

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Ravenscroft, George

Entities

Categories

Glass

Description

Heavily crizzled lead glass, with moulded and trailed decoration. Globular body with a tall slender neck with string, loop handle with a kick at the base, and solid tapering stopper with milled top. The lower part of the body is gadrooned. The upper part is trailed with arcading enclosing circular prunts with a five pointed star motif. In the spandrels there are smaller raspberry prunts.

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator

Legal notes

D.H.Beves Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 19.1 cm
Height: 30.7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1960-10-19) by Beves, Donald H.

Dating

17th Century, Late
Production date: circa AD 1670

School or Style

Components of the work

Body
Decoration

Materials used in production

heavily crizzled Lead-glass

References and bibliographic entries

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Annual Report for the Year ending 31 December 1961
The Age of Charles II
Circle of Glass Collectors Commemorative Exhibition, 1937-1962
Glass at the Fitzwilliam Museum page(s): pp. 81-2
The Decanter, An Illustrated History of Glass from 1650 page(s): 60
Cambridge Connoisseur page(s): p. 37
English Glass and the Glass used in England, c. 400-1940 page(s): pp. 109-22
The Development of lead-crystal glass in London and Dublin 1672-1682: a reappraisal page(s): 37-52
Bequests from Two Cambridge Collectors, The Reverend Alfred Valentine Valentine-Richards MA (1866-1933) and Donald H. Beves MA (1896-1961) page(s): pp. 49-55
Mission Impossible? Ethics and Choices in Conservation, Brief Guide page(s): 5

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.604 & A-1961
Primary reference Number: 26920
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 3 October 2019

Associated departments & institutions

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

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