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Goblet: C.360 & A-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown (Probably)

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Description

Clear glass, cut and wheel-engraved. Ogee bowl with facetted lower part; cut baluster stem with basal collar; flat circular foot. The bowl is decorated with a continuous Bacchanalian frieze with narrow formal borders of scrolls and foliage above and below. The underside of the foot is cut with small radiating ovals and the top is engraved with a border of stylised plants between tassel-like motifs. The cover is decorated with a circle of cut disks and a border of scrolls, foliage and flowers linking a basket of flowers, a putto and two beakers. '170' in white paint on flange of cover.

Notes

History note: Viktor Schick, Prague; Mrs Hedwig Schick; Sotheby's, 4th May, 1939, p. 12, lot 39, first part, 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; 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.

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Mid
Circa 1740 CE - 1750 CE

School or Style

Rococo

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Glass composed of clear glass
Rim Diameter 7.5 cm
Foot Diameter 9.1 cm
Goblet Height 16.7 cm
Bowl
Decoration
Lower Part Of Bowl

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 170
  • Location: On flange of cover
  • Method of creation: Painted in white
  • Type: Number

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.360 & A-1991
Primary reference Number: 27849
Packing number: GLA 158
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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

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