Current Location: In storage
Titles
Decanter for Brandy
Maker(s)
Glassworks:
Jacobs, Lazarus
Gilder:
Jacobs, Isaac
Entities
Categories
Description
Dark blue lead glass, blown, and gilded. Dumb-bell shape with flat stopper. Decorated with gold including a label painted on and inscribed 'Brandy'. A pair with C/G.325.1 & A-1931.
Notes
History note: J.C. Varty-Smithy, Penrith; his sisters, the Misses Varty-Smith
Legal notes
Given by the Misses Varty-Smith
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 3 1/2 in
Height: 9 3/4 in
Place(s) associated
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1931-10-23)
by
Varty-Smith, Misses
Dating
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1790
-
1805
Note
Lazarus Jacobs, of the Temple Street Glasshouse died in 1795 and was succeeded by his son, Isaac, who set up the Non-Such Flint Glass House in Great Gardens, Bristol in 1805. This decanter and its pair are unsigned but were probably made in one or other glasshouse. Similar decanters in the Bristol City Art Gallery are signed 'I Jacobs, England, Bristol'. See Documentation.
School or Style
Neoclassical
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
gilt
Body
Materials used in production
violet-blue
Lead-glass
Inscription or legends present
- Text: Brandy
- Location: On front
- Method of creation: Painted
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: C/G.325.2 & A-1931
Primary reference Number: 26887
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Wednesday 27 September 2017
Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
