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Vase: C.13-1975

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Designer: Dresser, Christopher
Glassworks: James Couper & Sons (Uncertain)
Glassworks: Thomas Webb & Sons (Uncertain)

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Description

Green glass, with square body, long cylindrical neck surmounted by a wide flat rim. 'Clutha' type glass.

Notes

History note: Michael Whiteway, Kensington Church Street, London

Legal notes

Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Height: 38.0 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Glasgow ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1975-04-24) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

19th Century, Late#
Production date: circa AD 1888

Note

The vase resembles one designed by Christopher Dresser and made by James Couper & Sons Glasgow, in the 1880s, but it is pobably an imitation produced by Thomas Webb and Sons under the name 'Old Roman'.

Components of the work

Body

Materials used in production

Glass

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.13-1975
Primary reference Number: 27105
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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