Glassworks: James Powell & Sons (Probably)
Clear glass, double walled, silvered on the interior surfaces and sealed. Bell-shaped bowl, smooth on the interior and facetted on the exterior: ten on the lower part and twenty on the upper part, both rows with pointed tops. The facetted baluster stem has a facetted knop below the bowl. The circular foot is facetted round the outer edge.
A mark in the centre of the base on a circular disk with the lettering in relief: 'E. VARNISH & CO. LONDON' in a circle around 'PATENT'.
History note: Gabor Cossa Antiques, 34 Trumpington Street, Cambridge
Gift of Judge and Mrs Martin Leach-Cross Feldman, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Height: 17.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1996-07-15) by Feldman, Judge and Mrs Martin Leach-Cross
19th Century, Mid#
Victoria I
Production date:
circa
AD 1850
Foot
Diameter 11.4 cm
Bowl
Diameter 15.0 cm
Decoration
Interior Surfaces
Blowing : Blown glass with cut decoration, silvered interior surface
Inscription present: on a circular disk with the lettering in relief in a circle around PATENT
Accession number: C.26-1996
Primary reference Number: 26827
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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