Glassmaker: Unknown (Probably)
Clear glass, cut and wheel-engraved. Funnel bowl with seven broad facets at its base; teared baluster stem cut with seven facets and a horizontal milled band at the shoulder, facetted basal half-knop; circular folded foot. The decoration of the bowl is divided into three horizontal zones. At the top there is a band of fruit with a narrow diamond cut band above and a milled band below. Round the middle there are eight narrow panels divided by vertical 'ladders'. Four panels are cut with an arch and four with four arches of graduated size. The former contain putti representing the Seasons, the latter contain respectively a basket of flowers on a stand, a man leaning on a scythe, a basket of fruit on a stand and a man shooting a stag. Below there is a band of flowers with a narrow milled band above and a diamond cut band below. The foot is cut underneath with a toothed edging and engraved on top with a circle of fruit.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.
Height: 18.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
18th Century, first half#
Circa
1730
CE
-
1740
CE
Rim
Diameter 8.1 cm
Foot
Diameter 8.9 cm
Bowl
Decoration
Accession number: C.366-1991
Primary reference Number: 27492
Packing number: GLA 830
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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