Glassmaker: Unknown (Uncertain)
Clear glass, cut and wheel-engraved. Thistle-shaped bowl with facetted lower part; stem comprimising a cut knop and a cut baluster with basal collar; plain circular foot. The bowl is decorated with two hands clasping a covered cup below a sun inscribed above in a semi-circle 'Das Glas zerbricht die freund schaft nicht'. On the reverse there is a basket of flowers on a stand flanked by small oval medallions containing hunting scenes. These motifs are enclosed and linked by strap-work, foliated scrolls, swags, canopies, baskets and vases of flowers. The lower part of the bowl is decorated with scallops and small disks. On the foot there is a circle of foliated C scrolls and an edging of triangles.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.
Height: 16.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
18th Century, Mid
Circa
1730
CE
-
1750
CE
Rim
Diameter 6.9 cm
Foot
Diameter 7.3 cm
Bowl
Decoration
Accession number: C.359-1991
Primary reference Number: 27467
Packing number: GLA 832
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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