Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Glasshouse:
Unidentified English glasshouse
Entities
Categories
Description
Lead-glass engraved with hops and barley, a bird in flight, and initials AB; base star cut
Clear lead-glass with wheel-engraved decoration. Of ovoid shape with a projecting lip, applied handle with a slight kick at the lower end, and a circular foot. On the front are the engraved script initials AB below joined sprays of hops (right) and barley (left). Below the initials there is a small bird holding a twig in its beak hovering over two fern fronds. On either side of the neck there are bunches of three fern fronds. The underside of the foot is cut with a star with sixteen rays.
Notes
History note: Howard Phillips, 11a Henrietta Street, London, from whom purchased, October, 1984; 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
Height: 13.1 cm
Width: 13 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(2015-04-27)
by
Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
Dating
19th Century, Early#
George III
George IV
Circa
1820
CE
-
1830
CE
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
Materials used in production
Lead-glass
Inscription or legends present
- Text: AB
- Location: On exterior
- Method of creation: Wheel-engraved
- Type: Initials
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.159-2015
Primary reference Number: 206904
Old object number: 43
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.161-2006
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Tuesday 3 November 2015
Updated: Tuesday 12 June 2018
Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
