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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1730; Classification(s): glass, glass, blown, double walled, cut glass with decoration engraved in gold leaf sandwiched between; Acquisition: given by Lady [Leonard] Cohen, 1934-01-10, Given by Lady leonard Cohen [C/G.1 & A-1934]
Description: Glass and cover. The funnel-shaped glass is cut with vertical facets. Knop and inverted baluster stem, all cut into facets. The foot, which has been ground down, is plain with radial egg-shaped panels cut on the underside. The cover, cut, engraved and gilt, is from another goblet. The decoration of the glass is engraved in gold leaf sandwiched between double glass walls. It shows the representation of a battle scene with soldiers (some mounted) amongst trees; also trumpeters and a tent. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | Unknown glass | Temporal: | name=18th century; start=1730; end=1730 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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