Current Location: Mezzanine Landing
Maker(s)
Glassworks:
Pellatt, Apsley II
Entities
Categories
Description
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.
Notes
History note: On loan since 1981, from P.C. Stockbridge
Legal notes
Purchased with the Rylands Fund
Measurements and weight
Height: 19.0 cm
Place(s) associated
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1988-06-06)
by
Stockbridge, P. C.
Dating
19th Century, Early#
George IV
Circa
1820
CE
-
1830
CE
Note
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.
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Body
Decoration
Materials used in production
Lead-glass
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.5 & A-1988
Primary reference Number: 27023
Stable URI
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
