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Wine glass: MAR.C.152-1912

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Two stage bowl, cup-shaped top with bulb below, slightly flaring lip. Diamond-point engraved bowl; cupid, two putti, one carrying wheat sheaves, the other vines and grapes, a garland of foliage below. Complicated stem with two main knops, moulded and ribbed with colourless glass wings and denticulations. Plain folded foot, also engraved.

Legal notes

C.B. Marlay Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 3 1/2 in
Height: 7 1/2 in

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

17th Century#
Circa 1600 CE - 1700 CE

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Wings composed of clear glass ( colourless)
Bowl
Decoration
Stem

Materials used in production

uncertain Lead-glass

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.C.152-1912
Primary reference Number: 27914
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 11 August 2016 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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