English lead-glass ladle

An image of Ladle. Unidentified glasshouse, England. Production Note: The hook at the end of the handle allowed the ladle to be hooked over the side of the rim of a punch bowl. Lead glass, height, whole, 5 cm, length, whole, 16.5 cm, circa 1690-1700. Baroque. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund.

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Ladle. Unidentified glasshouse, England. Production Note: The hook at the end of the handle allowed the ladle to be hooked over the side of the rim of a punch bowl. Lead glass, height, whole, 5 cm, length, whole, 16.5 cm, circa 1690-1700. Baroque. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund.

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Accession Number: C.161-2015
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: GFX 50S
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 538 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 50.19kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2018:07:10 22:33:26

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17th Century 18th Century _WF_ArtFund _WF_Batchelor Baroque clear glass English Fitz_AA glass glassware handle handled ladle lead glass

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