Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Glassmaker:
Unknown
(Probably)
Engraver:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Clear glass, cut, wheel-engraved and gilt. Ogee bowl with three panels with a shell at the base of each, and facetted lower part; cut knop forming the stem; and circular foot with facetted edge. Each panel has a border of rocaille scrolls, flowers and pineapples; one contains a lady and gentleman standing on a lawn; one a putto holding a bunch of flowers; and one a space. The rim, sides of the panels and shells are gilt. The foot is engraved with triangular motifs separated by groups of three dots.
Notes
History note: Viktor Schick, Prague; Mrs Hedwig Schick; Sotheby's, 4th May 1939, Catalogue of the well-known collection of fine continental glass formed by the late Viktor Schick, Esq. of Prague. The property of Mrs Hedwig Schick, p. 15, no. 52, first part; 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: 13.5 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1950)
by
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Dating
18th Century, Mid#
Circa
1730
CE
-
1750
CE
Note
Accessioned as Silesian or Bohemian but probably Silesian
School or Style
Rococo
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Glass
composed of
clear glass
Decoration
composed of
gilt
Foot
Diameter 7.4 cm
Rim
Diameter 8.0 cm
Techniques used in production
Blown
: Clear glass, cut, wheel-engraved and gilt
Inscription or legends present
- Text: 195
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: In white paint
- Type: Inscription
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.350-1991
Primary reference Number: 27805
Packing number: GLA 160
Stable URI
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
