Glassmaker: Unknown (Probably)
Clear glass, cut and wheel-engraved. Octagonal ogee bowl; cut baluster stem with basal collar; dodecanal foot. The profile of the bowl is emphasised by horizontal bands and there are small horizontal cuts on the angles of the lower part. Decorated with small figures of a man playing the flute, two eagles, a lion, and a clown holding a slapstick framed by laub und bandelwerk. On top of the foot there is a coat of arms beneath a coronet flanked by scrolls and foliage, and on the underside, radiating cut ovals and straight lines.
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.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
18th Century, Mid
Circa
1750
CE
-
1760
CE
Glass
composed of
clear glass
Rim
Diameter 7.3 cm
Foot
Diameter 8 cm
Goblet
Height 15.4 cm
Bowl
Decoration
Accession number: C.357-1991
Primary reference Number: 27846
Packing number: GLA 834
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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