Glassmaker: Unknown (Probably)
Clear glass, cut and wheel-engraved. Rectangular bowl with canted corners, cut baluster stem with basal collar; octagonal foot. Two sides of the bowl are decorated with allegorical figures, one with a crescent moon her her head, and two flaming hearts with 3 above and the other with a star on her head, one heart and an anchor, surrounded by birds, scrolls, strapwork and flowers. The narrow corner panels each have a circular medallion containing respectively a stag, a doe, a horse and a unicorn in a landscape with formal ornament below. The underisde of the foot is cut with ovals separated by pairs of straight lines, and on the top has a border of triangles and dots.
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.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
18th Century, Mid
Circa
1740
CE
-
1750
CE
Glass
composed of
clear glass
Rim
Diameter 6.3 cm
Foot
Diameter 7.2 cm
Goblet
Height 14.3 cm
Bowl
Decoration
Accession number: C.361-1991
Primary reference Number: 27850
Packing number: GLA 833
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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