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Glassworks: Unknown
Clear glass, blown, and acid-etched. Circular with straight sides sloping inwards towards the rim. Decorated on the sides with ancient Egyptian motifs: four sphinxes separated by lotus plants.
History note: Richard Dennis, Kensington Church Street, London
Purchased with the Napier Duplicates Fund
Diameter: 12.5 cm
Height: 7.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1976-03-11) by Dennis, Richard
19th Century, Late#
Victoria I
Production date:
circa
AD 1882
See trade catalogue of Silber and Fleming, Wood St. London, where this design for a suite of glass is illustrated as The 'Egyptian', nd, c. 1882 (Victoria and Albert Library).
Decoration
Blowing : Blown lead glass with acid-etched decoration
Accession number: C.3-1976
Primary reference Number: 26809
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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