Glassmaker: Unknown (Probably)
Opaque white glass, blown, and painted in pale polychrome enamels. Of inverted baluster shape. Decorated on one side with chinoiserie figures of a woman standing beside a pine tree, and a man to the viewer's right of her, and a boy to the left, and on the other with land- and seascapes.
History note: Unknown before testator
D.H. Beves Bequest
Diameter: 8 cm
Height: 15.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961-10-19) by Beves, Donald H.
18th Century
Circa
1755
CE
-
1765
CE
Decoration
composed of
enamels
Body
presumed opacified with arsenic Opaque white glass
Accession number: C.559-1961
Primary reference Number: 27095
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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