Glassworks: Pellatt, Apsley II
Cut glass, the flask containing a sulphide bust portrait in profile to right of an unidentified man, and the stopper two sulphides: Hebe and an Eagle; and a basket of flowers, the former enclosed by a green line and the latter by a blue. Flattened oval body with step on the shoulder; short, facetted neck with protruding rim; oval stopper with serrated edge. The base is cut with a chequer pattern; the body has vertical bands of fine diamond cutting, the edge of the rim and alternate serrations on the stopper are also diamond cut.
History note: On loan since 1981, from P.C. Stockbridge
Purchased with the Rylands Fund
Height: 19.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1988-06-06) by Stockbridge, P. C.
19th Century, Early#
George IV
Circa
1820
CE
-
1830
CE
The technique of making sulphides or 'cameo encrustations' was introduced into England about 1819 by Apsley Pellatt (1791-1863). The sulphides were made of china clay, sand, and potash, heated and cast in plaster-of-Paris moulds. Ater firing and cooling, they were re-heated and enclosed in molten glass. When the object was finished, the sulphide had a silvery apperance, although it was actually white or pale grey.
Body
Decoration
Accession number: C.5 & A-1988
Primary reference Number: 27023
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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