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Silversmith:
Keith, John
Designer:
Butterfield, William
(Possibly)
Ruby glass mounted in silver-gilt with engraved ornament, and inscription 'GLORY BE TO GOD ON hIGH +' (sic)
Ruby glass mounted in silver-gilt with engraved ornament. The flagon stands on a circular foot with a convex mojulding round the edge, and rises in a slight convex cjrve to a very short stem with an anulet concealing the junction of the ovoid ruby glass body. About half-way up, the body is encircled by a silver-gilt band engraved 'GLORY BE TO GOD ON hIGh + ' with a leaf between each word and a background of horizontal striations. The lower part of the neck is engraved with a formal trefoil leaf ornament between horizontal ribs. The projecting sparrow-beak spout is engraved with a fleur-de-lis, and the stepped and slightly convex cover is engraved with four leaves forming a cross surrounded by small circles between two concentric circles. The cover is hinged to the handle, and has a 'twisted rope' thumbpiece. The S-shaped handle has a three-dimensional fleur-de-lis at each end, and is engraved with a vertical line flanked by pairs of diagonal lines of graduated sizes. The body is attached to the foot by means of a screw and nut.
History note: Michael Whiteway, Kensington Church Street, London
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Method of acquisition: Given (1994-02-28) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
19th Century, second quarter#
Victoria I
Between
1865
CE
-
1866
CE
Body
composed of
glass
( ruby red)
Mount
composed of
silver-gilt
Foot
Diameter 9.5 cm
Diameter 3¾ in
To Top Of Finial
Height 26.4 cm
Height 10⅜ in
Decoration
Inscription present: lion passant guardant
Inscription present: leopard's head
Inscription present: monarch's head
Accession number: M.1-1994
Primary reference Number: 119280
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Ecclesiastical flagon" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/119280 Accessed: 2024-12-18 19:14:27
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