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Goblet: C.358-1991

Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown (Uncertain)

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Description

Heavily crizzled glass, cut and wheel-engraved. Facetted funnel bowl with collar below; cut baluster stem with collar below; circular foot with pronounced pontil mark. Decorated on the front with a coat-of-arms with the crest of a demi-man in armour holding a sword and a broken wheel, flanked by palms with a bow at the bottom. The foot is cut with ten shallow facets on the edge.

Notes

History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Measurements and weight

Height: 17.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

18th Century
Circa 1720 CE - 1730 CE

Note

Probably Bohemian or Silesian

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Rim Diameter 6.8 cm
Foot Diameter 9.6 cm
Bowl
Decoration

Materials used in production

Glass

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.358-1991
Primary reference Number: 27461
Packing number: GLA 831
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 30 January 2019 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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