Unknown
(Production)
Clear glass, overlaid with amber, cut and wheel-engraved with two views, inscribed 'Schloss Eberstein' and 'Alte Burg von Baden', and with the initial 'L'.
Given by Mrs J.C. Burkill
Height: 13.4 cm
Width: 11.0 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given
(1983-07-25)
by
Burkill, J. C., Mrs
Mid-19th Century
Circa
1840
CE
-
1860
CE
Overlay composed of amber (fossil resin) Bowl Decoration
Inscription present: initials
Accession number: C.30-1983
Primary reference Number: 27411
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Tankard"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/27411 Accessed: 2022-08-19 03:05:10
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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/27411
|title=Tankard
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2022-08-19 03:05:10|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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