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Goblet: C.8-1963

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown
Engraver: Greenwood, Frans
Production: Tempesta, Antonio (After)

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Description

Clear metal; round funnel bowl; light baluster stem with inverted baluster, central knop and lower baluster; conical foot (a 19th century replacement?). Bowl stipple engraved with a rearing horse to left with a landscape background; trees to the right.

Notes

History note: Sotheby's, 30th July, 1957, Catalogue of Fine Continental Glass (with a tazza); Phillips, London; W.A. Evill

Legal notes

Bequeathed by W.A. Evill

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1963-05-23) by Evill, Wilfrid Ariel

Dating

18th Century
Circa 1730 CE - 1740 CE

Note

Design after Antonio Tempesta

English (?) engraved at Dordrecht, Holland

Components of the work

Bowl
Decoration

Materials used in production

Lead-glass

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.8-1963
Primary reference Number: 24953

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

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

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