Glasshouse:
Pellatt and Green
Proprietor of glasshouse:
Pellatt, Apsley
Cut glass containing a sulphide of George IV, the reverse inscribed 'Pellatt and Green/Patentees/LONDON'
History note: Howard Phillips, London from whom purchased in December 1974; Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor, St Andrew's, Fife; Sir Ivor died on 24 April 2005; on loan since 2006 (Syndicate of 30 January)
Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund
Height: 10.4 cm
Width: 8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
1820s
George IV
Circa
1820
CE
-
1830
CE
The technique of making sulphides or 'cameo encrustations' was introduced into England about 1819 by Apsley Pellatt (1791-1863). The sulphides were made of china clay, sand, and potash, heated and cast in plaster-of-Paris moulds. Ater firing and cooling, they were re-heated and enclosed in molten glass. When the object was finished, the sulphide had a silvery apperance, although it was actually white or pale grey.
Flask And Stopper composed of glass ( clear)
Accession number: C.134 & A-2015
Primary reference Number: 206825
Old object number: 4
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.134 & A-2006
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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