Glassmaker: Unknown
Lead glass. Trumpet-shaped bowl and stem down to the single knop, below whiich the stem is thicker down to a knop on a conical, slightly domed foot. Engraved with a medallion containing a fruiting vine with the inscription 'Qui capit ille facit' round it; flanked by Bacchus, Venus and Cupid. An inscription below reads 'Sine cerere friget Venus et Baccho'. Slight gilding.
History note: Unknown before testator
The Rev. A.V. Valentine-Richards Bequest
Diameter: 3.0 in
Height: 5 7/8 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933) by Valentine-Richards, A. V., The Rev
18th Century, Early#
Circa
1720
-
1725
Decoration
composed of
gilt
Bowl
Accession number: C/G.46-1933
Primary reference Number: 24509
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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