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Carafe: C.152-2015

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Glasshouse: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Clear glass with transparent red trail, combed; depressed globular body with tall neck and flat rim

Notes

History note: Howard Phillips, London, from whom purchased, June, 1982; Sir Ivor and Lady Batchlor, St Andrew's Fife; Sir Ivor died on 24 April 2005; on loan since 2006 (Syndicate of 30 January)

Legal notes

Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 16.9 cm
Height: 20.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady

Dating

19th Century, second half#
Victoria I
Circa 1850 CE - 1900 CE

School or Style

Nailsea type

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Lead-glass

Techniques used in production

Blowing

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.152-2015
Primary reference Number: 206900
Old object number: 29
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.152-2006
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 3 November 2015 Updated: Wednesday 23 January 2019 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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