Production: Unknown
Clear greyish glass with a little blue. Eight-sided rounded funnel bowl with bat's wing scalloped rim; wrythen stem bent into the shape of a monster with a blue head and an applied 'squiggle' of clear glass on the opposite side; circular foot with folded edge.
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: 16.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
17th Century#
Circa
1600
-
1700
Italian, Venetian or Façon de Venise
Parts
composed of
blue glass
Foot
Diameter 7.1 cm
Rim
Diameter 8.1 cm
Bowl
Decoration
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge
Accession number: C.379-1991
Primary reference Number: 27997
Packing number: GLA 359
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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