Sweetmeat glass: C.504-1961

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown

Entities

Sweetmeat glass
dessert glass

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Description

Lead glass with moulded lipped and ribbed double ogee bowl, resting on collars, supported on an air twist stem with reeded collar, rising from a moulded domed foot with slanting ribs.

Notes

History note: Purchased at Sotheby's 4 June 1942, lot 161, with C.503-1961, for total of £15.0s. 0d; Donald H. Beves (1896-1961, by whom bequeathed

Legal notes

D.H. Beves Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 14.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961-10-19) by Beves, Donald H.

Dating

18th Century, Mid#
Production date: circa AD 1750

Components of the work

Foot Diameter 7.4 cm
Rim Diameter 8.7 cm
Bowl

Materials used in production

References and bibliographic entries

Bequests from Two Cambridge Collectors, The Reverend Alfred Valentine Valentine-Richards MA (1866-1933) and Donald H. Beves MA (1896-1961) page(s): pp. 49-55
Feast & Fast. The Art of Food in Europe 1500-1800 page(s): 93, 250

Related exhibitions

Feast and Fast: The Art of Food in Europe (1500-1800)

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.504-1961
Primary reference Number: 25542
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 18 November 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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