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Bowl: C.6-1976

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Stuart & Co
Engraver: Peace, David

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Categories

Description

Footed bowl. Clear glass, blown, and diamond-point engraved, with etched mark. Circular with flaring sides, short stem, and plain, circular foot. Diamond-point engraved on the foot 'd.d. AMICI' and round the top of the bowl 'HCH Parvum hoc non parvae amicitiae pignus', followed below by the signatures of those who presented the bowl, 'Cecil Bourn Oliver Churchill/ Cumberland Damborn Doreen Gemble Douglas Harding, Peter Bicknell/Angela Hatton Robin G Hill Francis Hookham Juliet Johnson/Catherine Matthews T.F. Morris F.W.O. Haslop/Michael Mil?in/Graham Pollard M.M. Postan'.

Notes

History note: Commissioned from the engraver for presentation to H.C. Hughes, MA, FRIBA; Mrs H.C. Hughes

Legal notes

Given by Mrs H.C. Hughes in memory of her husband

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 22.3 cm
Height: 19.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1976-03-11) by Hughes, H. C., Mrs

Dating

1970s
Production date: circa AD 1975

Components of the work

Decoration

Materials used in production

Lead-glass

Techniques used in production

Blowing : Clear glass, blown, and diamond-point engraved, with etched marks

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: signed by David Peace, fleur de lis over signature

  • Location: On foot
  • Method of creation: Etched
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Stuart, England 1975
  • Location: On foot
  • Method of creation: Etched
  • Type: Date
  • Text: d.d. AMICI
  • Location: On foot
  • Method of creation: Diamond-point engraved
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: HCH Parvum hoc non parvae amicitiae pignus/Cecil Bourn Oliver Churchill/ Cumberland Damborn Doreen Gemble Douglas Harding, Peter Bicknell/Angela Hatton Robin G Hill Francis Hookham Juliet Johnson/Catherine Matthews T.F. Morris F.W.O. Haslop/Michael Mil?in/Graham Pollard M.M. Postan
  • Location: On sides
  • Method of creation: Diamond-point engraved
  • Type: Inscription

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.6-1976
Primary reference Number: 26812
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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