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Panel (stained glass): C.349-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Entities

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Description

Stained and painted glass. Colours: reddish-brown, greyish-blue, brown, black and silver-yellow stain. A shield charged with three alike patterns arranged two and one, in a scrolled frame with protruding wing-like features at each side. Above there is a winged cherub's head with a tassel on each side attached to a cord draped over the wings and looped up into the cherub's mouth.

Notes

History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Measurements and weight

Height: 30.0 cm
Width: 23.0 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

17th Century#
Circa 1600 CE - 1700 CE

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Glass

Techniques used in production

Staining : Stained and painted glass, in reddish-brown, greyish-blue, brown, black and silver-yellow stain
Painting

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: circular with blue border

  • Text: 120/5
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in pencil
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: rectangular with serrated edge, printed in black

  • Text: 18
  • Method of creation: Printed in black
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.349-1991
Primary reference Number: 28228
Packing number: EWA 822
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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