Maker: Unknown
Steel flask inlaid with silver decoration and two vignettes of a lady and gentleman
Steel inlaid with silver decoration in relief. Of flattened pear-shape with cylindrical screw-on stopper (A). Attached to the base of the stopper is a rod within a hollow tube, the top of which is pierced with two D-shaped holes. The flat top of the stopper has a C-shaped aperature, operated by twisting the tube. The sides are decorated with two oval beaded cartouches containing vignettes. One depicts a seated lady and a gentleman in a cutaway coat; the other a lady standing beside a table with eagle support. The background and the stopper are decorated with Arabesques and scrolling foliage.
History note: Frank Gray Smart, Bredbury, Tunbridge Wells (d. 1913); T.J.G. Duncanson
Given by T.J.G. Duncanson MA
Method of acquisition: Given (1930-02-14) by Duncanson, T. J. G.
19th Century
1820
-
1880
Decoration
composed of
silver
Flask
Height 2.6 cm
Length 8.2 cm
Width 4.7 cm
Accession number: M.69 & A-1930
Primary reference Number: 19683
Old object number: M.2-1930
Temporary number: PB 27
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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