Glassmaker: Unknown (Possibly)
Glass lampwork with moulded base, and pincered details. Oval open trellis work body with an applied handle at each end, standing on oval honeycomb-moulded base with a high kick.
History note: Unknown before testator
Bequeathed by D.H. Beves
Height: 8 cm
Length: 21.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961-10-19) by Beves, Donald H.
18th Century, second half#
Circa
1750
CE
-
1800
CE
Accessioned as English, possibly Low Countries, c.1750, and later described as Spanish. Reattributed to Liège in 1978 exhibition catalogue.
Baskets of this type, probably for fruit, are thought to have been made in Spain, Bohemia, the Southern Netherlands, and England. Some may have formed part of table centres. A design in the Zoude Catalogue, Namur, about 1762 depicts one on top of a column with arms to hold smaller baskets at intervals down its sides.
Base
Body
Accession number: C.300-1961
Primary reference Number: 27922
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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