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Dish: C.5-1976

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Hill, Tom (Uncertain)

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Description

Dish. Smokey tinted glass, octagonal, fluted rim.

Notes

History note: Unknown

Legal notes

Bought with the Napier Duplicates Fund

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 32.7 cm
Height: 4.1 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1976-03-11)

Dating

20th Century
Production date: circa AD 1930

Note

Possibly by Tom Hill, James Powell & Sons Ltd., Whitefriars Glassworks

Components of the work

Rim

Materials used in production

smokey tinted Lead-glass

Techniques used in production

Blowing : Blown glass, with fluted rim

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.5-1976
Primary reference Number: 26810

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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