Glasshouse: Unknown
Clear glass goblet, cut and gilded. The ovoid bowl is covered externally with gold waving foliage, and has a narrow horizontal band, and a broad band of gilding round the rim. The stem has six facets and a knop with six facets, each cut with a pyramid.
The circular foot is cut on the underside with a sunburst, and has a narrow and a broad gold band round the edge.
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)
Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest
Height: 27.6 cm
Length: 11.7 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
Second half of 19th Century
After
1850
-
Before
1899
Rim
composed of
gilt
Foot
Stem, Knop
clear Glass
Accession number: C.234-2015
Primary reference Number: 206959
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.264-2006
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
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