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Sweetmeat glass: C.338-1961

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown

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Description

Lead glass., with blown double-ogee bowl with dentated pincered edge (28 protrusions), resting on two collars, supported on a shoulder-knopped opaque white twist stem. The plain domed foot has a pontil mark in the middle of the underside

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator, Donald H. Beves (1896-1961)

Legal notes

D.H. Beves Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 14.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Mid
George II
George III
Production date: circa AD 1760

Components of the work

Foot Diameter 6.7 cm
Rim Diameter 9.2 cm
Bowl

Materials used in production

Lead-glass

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.338-1961
Primary reference Number: 25800

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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