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Goblet: C.368-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Entities

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Description

Clear glass, wheel-engraved. Round funnel bowl; light baluster stem including a flattened and a ball knop over a short inverted baluster; circular domed and folded foot. The bowl is engraved with a lady and gentleman seated on chairs with five daughters standing on the left and a son on the right. The other side is inscribed.

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: 20.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Mid#
Circa 1730 CE - 1740 CE

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Glass composed of clear glass
Rim Diameter 9.2 cm
Foot Diameter 9.7 cm
Bowl
Decoration

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: CORNNELAS VER LAAN/ANNA ELISA BET VAR LAN/MAN & VROVW MET.S.(5)/DOCHTERS/EN I SOON
  • Location: On bowl
  • Method of creation: Inscribed
  • Type: Inscription

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.368-1991
Primary reference Number: 27921
Packing number: GLA 147
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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

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