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Càntir: C.231-2015

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Glasshouse: Unidentified Catalonian glasshouse

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Description

Clear greyish glass, with applied pincered trails, handle, spouts, and bird. The càntir stands on a domed foot moulded with shallow radiating ribbing. The rounded conical body and a bulb at its base are moulded with wrythen fluting. On one side of the shoulder there is a wide sloping spout with an applied trail round its mouth with points at either end and a pincered projection below. On the the opposite side it has a tall slender upright spout with a pincered projection below. On each side of the shoulder there is an applied trail, pincered into spikes. A ring handle with a shallow bird finial on its top, rises from a blob of glass in the centre.

Notes

History note: Sir Ivor and Lady Batchlor, St Andrew's Fife; Sir Ivor died on 24 April 2005; on loan since 2006 (Syndicate of 30 January). Owned by Frides Lameris, Nieuwe Spiegelstraat, Amsterdam, purchased by Mrs Enid Phillips (of Howard Phillips) for Sir Ivor Batchelor, December 1996

Legal notes

Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 20.3 cm
Width: 11.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Early#
After 1700 CE - Before 1750 CE

Note

This is the smallest of the four càntires in the Fitzwilliam's collection. The others are C. 205-2015, C.206-2015 and C.224-2015, all of which have applied blue glass decoration.

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Materials used in production

clear greyish Glass

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.231-2015
Primary reference Number: 206956
Old object number: 104
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.233-2006
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 3 November 2015 Updated: Wednesday 4 March 2020 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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