Glassmaker: Unknown
Blue glass with remnants of gilding. Tear-shaped body with slender neck, pointed lip, angular handle and low conical foot with an angular knop between it and the body. The foot and body bear remnants of gilding, including the heads of grotesque birds.
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
Diameter: 9.5 cm
Height: 29.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century, Late
19th Century
Circa
1800
-
1900
Production date:
circa
AD 1575
: late 16th century or 19th century
Decoration
composed of
gilt
Body
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge inscribed
Accession number: C.374-1991
Primary reference Number: 27987
Packing number: GLA 319
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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