IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 26253 accession number: C.104-1975 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Lead glass. Almost cylindrical form with thick base. Engraved with diamond point with the number 45 within a shield surrounded by a coronet, below the motto 'veritas triumpht' and the owners name 'John Wilkes Esq' and date '1769'. On the base is inscribed 'The Gift of W.J. toJ.W. on the 14th Feb being the 45th Day of the Year 1769'. Also a drawing of a 'boot' hanging from a gibbet and below the boot '1769 - John Bute'. V&A Cat.:1969 No. 248. title: tumbler NOTES ----- type: history note value: Ivan Napier Collection LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Miss E.H. Bolitho, through the Friends of the Fitzwilliam STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/26253 SUBJECTS ------------------- boot gallows boot gallows CATEGORIES ------ category: glass DATING ------ creation date: 1700 - 1800 creation date earliest: 1700 creation date latest: 1800 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 8.7