Glassmaker: Unknown (Probably)
Clear glass, cut and engraved. Ogee bowl with facetted lower part facetted baluster stem with basal collar; circular foot. The bowl is decorated with two panels separated by narrow panels. One panel contains an inscription in German surrounded by a formal border; the other is cut with a shell and engraved with flowers, and scrollwork. The rim is encircled by a narrow border of triangles. The underside of the foot is cut with radiating ovals separated by straight cuts, and engraved on the top with a border of scallops.
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: 12.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
18th Century, Mid
Circa
1740
CE
-
1750
CE
Accessioned as Silesian or Bohemian but probably Silesian
Glass
composed of
clear glass
Rim
Diameter 5.5 cm
Foot
Diameter 6 cm
Bowl
Decoration
Accession number: C.354-1991
Primary reference Number: 27836
Packing number: GLA 159
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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