Skip to main content

Bottle from cruet: M.4.6 & A-1948

Object information

Current Location: Mezzanine Landing

Titles

bottle from cruet

Maker(s)

Silversmith: uncertain

Entities

Categories

Description

Glass with silver cover (with frame and four more glass bottles with silver covers and three bottle labels, see M.4.1 & A-1948, M.4.2 & A-1948, M.4.3 & A-1948, M.4.4 & A-1948, M.4.5 & A-1948, M.4.6-1948, M.4.7-1948 and M.4.8-1948)

Glass; the straight-sided bottle is cut with a geometric pattern of triangles, hexagons and zigzags. The pull-off silver cover has a narrow gadrooned rim below a low dome, which is sumounted by a shaped-square finial.

Legal notes

Given by C.D. Rotch Esq.

Measurements and weight

Width: 6.2 cm
Width: 2⅜ in

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1948-04-16) by Rotch, Claude Dickason

Dating

18th Century, Mid
Production date: circa AD 1765 : George III

Components of the work

Cover composed of silver
Bottle composed of glass
To Top Of Finial Height 18 cm Height 7⅛ in
Glass
Silver Cover
Silver Decoration
Silver Finial

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.4.6 & A-1948
Primary reference Number: 157578
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 July 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "bottle from cruet" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/157578 Accessed: 2024-03-28 08:58:23

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/157578 |title=bottle from cruet |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-03-28 08:58:23|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-157578

More objects and works of art you might like

Cruet stand with two covered cruets

Accession Number: C.2506.1-3-1928

Bottle

Accession Number: MISC.90-1932

Bottle

Accession Number: GR.105.1892

Suggested products from Curating Cambridge

You might be interested in this...

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...