Wine glass: C.353-1991

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown (Probably)
Engraver: Unknown

Entities

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Glass

Description

Clear glass, cut, wheel-engraved, polished and gilt. Facetted ogee bowl; facetted baluster stem with basal collar; plain circular foot. Decorated with a continuous boar and stag hunt in a landscape; gilt band round rim. On the foot there are radiating oval cuts and a circle of paired leaves.

Notes

History note: Title of sale, Catalogue of the well-known collection of fine Continental glass formed by the late Viktor Schick, Esq., of Prague, The Property of Mrs Hedwig Schick, p. 15, no. 52, third part; H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.

Measurements and weight

Height: 12.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

18th Century, Mid#
Circa 1740 CE - 1750 CE

Note

Accessioned as Silesian or Bohemian but probably Silesian

Components of the work

Glass composed of clear glass
Decoration composed of gilt
Rim Diameter 5.5 cm
Foot Diameter 6.0 cm

Techniques used in production

Blown : Clear glass, cut, wheel-engraved and gilt

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.353-1991
Primary reference Number: 27832
Packing number: GLA 150
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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