IDENTIFIERS
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id:	167928
accession number:	O.3 & A-1978

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Friday 4 December 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: High zinc alloy, cast, and inlaid with silver. Globular long-necked bottle standing on a footring, with a circular stopper with a flange which fits inside the neck, and a conical finial. The body and neck are decorated with bands of inlaid silver floral diaper, and different scrolling flowers and foliage, and paire leaves, separated by narrow bands of pointed leaves or plain silver. The top of the stopper and the finial are decorated with bands of pointed leaves.
title:	bottle

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Probably acquired in India


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Bequeathed by Sir Leonard Costello, CBE

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/167928





TECHNIQUES
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high zinc allow, cast, and inlaid with silver
casting

CATEGORIES
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category: metalwork

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1899
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1899
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: cm
value: 15

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 26.3

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 29.4



CITATIONS
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Bidri Ware, Inlaid Metalwork from India
Indian art at Delhi, 1903 : being the official catalogue of the Delhi exhibition, 1902-1903
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