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Sponge holder: C.6-1981

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown

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Description

Sponge holder for moistening stamps. As a pair with C.6-1981. Clear lead glass, moulded with lobes. Of elongated oval plan with scalloped outline, the base flat, the upper side curved and lobed, with in the centre an oval hole.

Notes

History note: Unknown before donor

Legal notes

Given by Miss B. Spear

Measurements and weight

Height: 2.0 cm
Length: 12.6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1981-02-02) by Spear, Bettine

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1800 - 1900

Note

See letter dated 13th February, 1981 from Simon Cottle, A.K. Applied Art, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne to JEP, no such objects there. Suggested pickle dishes or pickle bowls. This seems just as unlikely as individual finger bowls.

The donor thought that these objects were individual finger bowls, and that there were some at Newcastle Museum.

Components of the work

Decoration
Parts

Materials used in production

Lead-glass

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.6-1981
Primary reference Number: 27185

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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