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Basket: C.300-1961

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Glassmaker: Unknown (Possibly)

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Description

Glass lampwork with moulded base, and pincered details. Oval open trellis work body with an applied handle at each end, standing on oval honeycomb-moulded base with a high kick.

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator

Legal notes

Bequeathed by D.H. Beves

Measurements and weight

Height: 8 cm
Length: 21.1 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Liége ⪼ France

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961-10-19) by Beves, Donald H.

Dating

18th Century, second half#
Circa 1750 CE - 1800 CE

Note

Accessioned as English, possibly Low Countries, c.1750, and later described as Spanish. Reattributed to Liège in 1978 exhibition catalogue.

Baskets of this type, probably for fruit, are thought to have been made in Spain, Bohemia, the Southern Netherlands, and England. Some may have formed part of table centres. A design in the Zoude Catalogue, Namur, about 1762 depicts one on top of a column with arms to hold smaller baskets at intervals down its sides.

Components of the work

Base
Body

Materials used in production

Lead-glass

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.300-1961
Primary reference Number: 27922
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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